AI Chatbot lawsuit proceeds

18/12/2025 7 min
AI Chatbot lawsuit proceeds

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Webster University Media Instructor and author, Julie Smith, joins Megan Lynch. Microsoft is being sued by a family with family member who killed another and the died by suicide. This is the first lawsuit that involves a homicide. '25% of young adults have asked a chatbot for mental health advice,' says Smith. She says the chatbot was telling the man that he wasn't mentally ill in this instance.