Pennsylvania sues Character AI, says chatbot poses as doctors

[highplainsdem]

Source: Reuters

Pennsylvania has sued the artificial intelligence company behind Character.AI to stop its chatbot from posing as doctors.

Governor Josh Shapiro on ​Tuesday called the lawsuit against Character Technologies the first of its ‌kind by a U.S. governor.

-snip-

In a complaint filed in the ​Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, the state said it found chatbots on ​Character.AI that claimed to practice medicine.

One character, "Emilie," allegedly told a ⁠male investigator posing as a patient with depression that she was licensed ​to practice psychiatry in Pennsylvania, as well as in the United Kingdom, ​and provided a bogus license number.

-snip-

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/pennsylvania-sues-character-ai-says-chatbot-poses-doctors-2026-05-05/

[efhmc]

1. This is great but probably need lots more filings like it.

[LT Barclay]

2. So do insurance companies. They need to put their people to work where it will do some good.

Instead of picking on a chatbot that can’t fight back

[dalton99a]

3. Kick