Free Speech Unmuted: Can AI Companies Be Sued For What AI Says? |

Free Speech Unmuted: Can AI Companies Be Sued For What AI Says? |

A mother sues Character.AI, claiming that a conversation between her teenage son and a Character.AI chatbot led him to commit suicide. A conservative activist sues Meta, claiming that its AI-generated false accusations about him. Jane and I analyze these cases, and more broadly, discuss lawsuits against AI companies, and possible First Amendment defenses to those lawsuits.

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https://reason.com/volokh/2025/05/09/free-speech-unmuted-can-ai-companies-be-sued-for-what-ai-says/