New brief: companies may break the law when AI chatbots mislead customers
PolarBearby · x · 2026-10-16
A new brief from Columbia Law School's Center for Law & the Economy and Protect Borrowers maps existing laws that apply when businesses outsource customer service to AI chatbots.
- Core claim: if a firm's AI customer-service bot gives false information, traps customers in doom loops, or fails to actually help, the firm may be violating the law (including unfair and deceptive practices authorities).
- It's the first in a series on how existing laws apply to AI, with a deeper dive published in Harvard JOLT.
A clear compliance warning for companies deploying AI support: existing law doesn't get a pass just because the agent is a bot.
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