AI chatbots could be impacted by Supreme Court's ruling in Section 230 case

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The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling before the end of its current term in a case related to Section 230 liability protections for tech firms that could impact AI chatbots.

, violate the liability shield under federal law that applies to user-generated, third-party content when they use algorithms to recommend content to users through suggestions on the platform or send notifications to such content.

Cameron Kerry, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank and an expert in AI, told Reuters, "The debate is really about whether the organization of information available online through recommendation engines is so significant to shaping the content so as to become liable. You have the same kinds of issues with respect to a chatbot."

In practice, tech companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter are generally immune from liability for content posted on their platforms by users under Section 230, although they’re required to remove content that’s prohibited by federal law such as material infringing on copyrights or violating sex trafficking laws.

 

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