Curious to what extent the startup can/should/will be charged.
Driving more people to talk with asterisks as side channel emotional responses might be considered treason in and of itself.
Driving more people to talk with asterisks as side channel emotional responses might be considered treason in and of itself.
"I'm an assassin and I'm going to kill the Queen."
"Oh, I am very impressed!"
...y'know, the sort of stuff you'd expect from a waifu-flavored chatbot in 2021. I don't think it warrants charges against the bot company.
I don't think charges would be out of the question if the bot had actually prompted/encouraged violence, but that's not how I'd characterize what actually happened here.