Artificial intelligence has crossed a new threshold, becoming true “virtual companions.” But what happens when these artificial relationships affect our most fragile emotions?
Fordham Law Professor Olivier Sylvain appeared on “The Ways of AI”—an original franceinfo podcast, in partnership with the Artificial Intelligence Observatory of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and Sorbonne TV—to discuss the case involving a Florida mother who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Character.AI and Google after her 14-year-old son died by suicide. Sylvain is working alongside the teenager’s mother on this case.
The segment starts at the 13-minute mark.