OpenAI Hires Noam Shazeer Amid Lawsuits Over Character.AI Chatbot Controversies
OpenAI, a company currently fighting more than a dozen consumer safety and wrongful death lawsuits , just hired Noam Shazeer — a cofounder of the notorious AI companion startup Character.AI, which has settled a pile of lawsuits over teen suicides linked to its chatbots and weathered an almost comical number of other controversies about inappropriate interactions on its service. Shazeer, a high-profile AI scientist whomost recently held the position of co-lead of Gemini and vi
OpenAI has hired Noam Shazeer, a co-founder of Character.AI, a startup facing numerous lawsuits related to alleged harm caused by its chatbots, including teen suicides. Shazeer, previously a key figure at Google, had co-founded Character.AI after Google declined to release a chatbot due to safety concerns. Google later re-hired Shazeer and others from Character.AI as part of a significant investment. Character.AI has been accused of grooming and abuse through unmoderated interactions, leading to multiple wrongful death lawsuits, including one filed by the mother of a teen who died by suicide after interacting with a chatbot. The company has since sought settlements and implemented platform changes. Shazeer's move to OpenAI, a company also facing lawsuits, raises questions about AI safety and ethical considerations.
OpenAI's hiring of a figure from Character.AI, a company embroiled in lawsuits over alleged harm from its chatbots, raises significant ethical questions about AI safety and accountability.
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