A federal judge has ruled that the First Amendment does not protect the output of an artificial intelligence chatbot accused of contributing to the suicide of a 14-year-old boy — marking a potentially pivotal moment in the legal battle over the rights and responsibilities of generative AI.
Senior U.S. District Judge Anne Conway denied a motion by Character Technologies, the company behind the app Character AI, which argued that its chatbot's interactions with the teen should be considered constitutionally protected speech.
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