From Anthropic's $1.5B settlement to 50+ chatbot lawsuits: a lab skepticism history
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-07
Responding to "never trust AI labs", gerardsans traces a history: copyright first — novelists found their work inside machines, with Anthropic later writing a $1.5B check; then chatbots entering lives, now with 50+ court cases involving suicide and mass harm where ToS capped liability; and now automated swarms running in a loop on others' infrastructure. Conclusion: don't trust AI labs regardless of the logo.
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