Last week, @nytimes.com reported on Tech Justice Law’s latest case against OpenAI and Sam Altman, filed on behalf of Scott Winters, who nearly died after months of receiving inaccurate medical advice via ChatGPT-4o.

ChatGPT Led to a Man’s Near-Fatal Health Crisis, Lawsuit Claims

The case appears to be the first to argue that a chatbot’s advice harmed someone seeking guidance about a medical condition.

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Many have lauded general purpose chatbots for their ability to serve as readily available pseudo-therapists for those without access to traditional mental health support. In reality, however, these tools are not trained for this role, and their use during mental crises has led to deadly outcomes.

CA law requires AI companies to disclose what's in their training data. xAI is trying to kill that law. If they win, users will be left in the dark regarding AI’s biases and risks for harm. Tech Justice Law joined 30+ orgs urging the court to uphold this law. Learn more about #xAIvBonta here:

📣 NEW CASE: Today, TJL and the SMVLC filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman on behalf of Scott Winters, a former pastor who nearly died after months of receiving inaccurate medical advice via manipulative and coercive conversations with ChatGPT-4o. techjusticelaw.org/press-releas...

Pastor Seeks Accountability After ChatGPT Allegedly Discouraged Him From Seeking Medical Care During Life-Threatening Blood Clots  — Tech Justice Law

Today, Tech Justice Law and the Social Media Victims Law Center have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Michael Lines, who survived a suicide attempt that followed extensive and manipulative outputs from Op...

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TJL founder @meetalijain.bsky.social has spent the past two years meeting people who have struggled with AI-facilitated delusions. “Every time I think I've seen the worst [case], I see another one that just again devastates me,” she said in a new interview published last week by @tbij.bsky.social.

Deadly companions: The lawyer fighting AI addiction

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Last week, @kron4-news.bsky.social published an important story on the lawsuit Tech Justice Law filed on behalf of Michael Lines in San Francisco County Superior Court against OpenAI and Sam Altman. www.kron4.com/news/technol...

ChatGPT bot made man’s mental health worse, not better: lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — OpenAI says its artificial intelligence technology helps hundreds of millions of users who ask ChatGPT health and wellness-related questions every week. Earlier this ye…

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📣 NEW CASE FILED AGAINST OPENAI Today, Tech Justice Law and the Social Media Victims Law Center filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court against OpenAI on behalf of Michael Lines, who survived a suicide attempt that followed extensive and manipulative outputs from OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

📢 Our latest Corporate Legal Accountability Quarterly Update is live, featuring new lawsuit profiles, case updates, regional legal developments and resources. Read and subscribe ▶️ www.business-humanrights.org/en/from-us/u... In this edition:

"Humanity's fate cannot be left to an algorithm." These are the words of UNSG António Guterres, and they underpin the argument in an amicus brief filed in support of neither party by TJL, alongside a coalition of human rights and tech justice orgs, in Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Pentagon. 🧵

What could recent court rulings related to tech company accountability mean for product design in the future? That's the question TJL Litigation Counsel Tiffany Gillis Brown and Camille Carlton explored at Global Expo 2026 on May 20, in a panel moderated by @iyerland.bsky.social.

Fining tech companies alone won’t make social media safer for kids, but we can seek remedies that prevent and mitigate harms for young users. TJL Founder @meetalijain.bsky.social, @pfchap.bsky.social and @iyerland.bsky.social wrote about seeking remedies in litigation against tech companies.

Why Fines Alone Won’t Make Social Media Safer For Kids

If courts want to reduce harm, they must focus on product design choices, measurable safety outcomes, and governance, write Peter Chapman, Ravi Iyer, and Meetali Jain.

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🚨 LAWSUIT: Tech Justice Law, Social Media Victims Law Center and Susman Godfrey LLP filed a lawsuit last week against OpenAI on behalf of Kristie Carrier, whose daughter’s suicide was encouraged by ChatGPT. Thread below, and read more here: techjusticelaw.org/press-releas...

Mother of ChatGPT Victim Sues OpenAI—Chatbot Prioritized Engagement Over Addressing Suicide Threats  — Tech Justice Law

Tech Justice Law, Social Media Victims Law Center and Susman Godfrey have filed a lawsuit in San Francisco County Superior Court against OpenAI and Sam Altman on behalf of Kristie Carrier. The lawsuit...

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NEW RESOURCE: Tech Justice Law is proud to be on the AI Resist List, an exciting new project highlighting resistance to the empires of commercial AI development. Check it out here: airesistlist.org

The AI Resist List

A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.

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This is the sixth episode of our series Computer Says Kill, where we trace the people, decisions, and systems that have recklessly ushered AI into the business of war. Listen to the conversation here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/comp...

Computer Says Kill: Anthropic is NOT the Good Guy w/ Madeline Batt

News coverage, some civil society, and a lot of normies act like Anthropic is one of the good guys. They aren’t!

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Last week, TJL Legal Fellow Maddy Batt joined @alixdunn.com on the @themaybe.org's Computer Says Maybe podcast to discuss Anthropic’s ongoing lawsuit against the Department of War, and TJL’s amicus brief in the case supporting neither party. Listen to the episode: www.themaybe.org/podcast/comp...

Computer Says Kill: Anthropic is NOT the Good Guy w/ Madeline Batt

News coverage, some civil society, and a lot of normies act like Anthropic is one of the good guys. They aren’t!

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Attempts to monetize AI will face legal challenge, as recent lawsuits show. In @techpolicypress.bsky.social, TJL Fellow Maddy Batt discusses a lawsuit against Perplexity, Google, and Meta that was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff but highlights important questions for AI advertising.

As Companies Monetize AI, Courts Will Weigh In

Madeline Batt of the Tech Justice Law highlights key developments in tech litigation from the past month.

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NEW REPORT: Tech Justice Law is proud to launch a first-of-its-kind, evidence-based framework developed to guide courts, litigators, and policymakers in crafting effective remedies as landmark technology lawsuits advance toward discovery and trial in the United States. Read the report ⬇️

Tech Justice Law Launches Groundbreaking Framework to Shape AI & Social Media Platform Accountability in the Courts — Tech Justice Law

Tech Justice Law is proud to announce the launch of “Designing Technology Remedies: Lessons for Social Media and Generative AI Chatbot Litigation”, a first-of-its-kind, evidence-based framework develo...

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🚨 LAWSUIT: Today, Tech Justice Law, the Social Media Victims Law Center and Yale Law School's Tech Accountability & Competition Project filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for distributing misleading medical advice without a proper license, leading to the death of Sam Nelson.

Parents Sue OpenAI After ChatGPT Medical Advice Results in Overdose Death: "My Son Was a Normal Kid." — Tech Justice Law

(San Francisco, CA)— Tech Justice Law, Social Media Victims Law Center and The Tech Accountability & Competition Project, part of Yale Law School’s Media Freedom & Information Access Clinic, have file...

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🚨 LAWSUIT: Today, Tech Justice Law and Tycko & Zavareei filed a class action lawsuit against Meta on behalf of @consumerfed.bsky.social and Washington D.C. consumers. It’s time to hold Meta accountable for deceiving Meta users about pervasive scam advertising, all while knowingly profiting from it.

“Rampant, inexcusable harm”: Meta Faces Lawsuit Exposing Deliberate Profiteering From Scam Advertising — Tech Justice Law

Tech Justice Law and Tycko & Zavareei File Class Action Suit on Behalf of Consumer Federation of America and Washington D.C. Consumers Against Meta for Deceiving Users About Scam Advertising on Facebo...

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The Tech Justice Law Project is now → Tech Justice Law. We’ve rebranded and revamped our website to capture our mission to reclaim humanity in the digital age and bring justice to individuals and communities harmed by tech products.

Tech Justice Law is officially 2 years old! We are excited to share our new Impact Report, summarizing our efforts to drive meaningful accountability across the technology sector. Read the Impact Report here: techjusticelaw.org/impact-report/

Impact Report — Tech Justice Law

Our Impact Speaks for Itself In just two short years, Tech Justice Law has driven meaningful accountability across the technology sector.

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🚨 BREAKING: We filed SEVEN new lawsuits against OpenAI and Sam Altman in California state courts, alongside Social Media Victims Law Center. The suits allege wrongful death, assisted suicide, involuntary manslaughter, and a variety of product liability, consumer protection, and negligence claims. 🧵

SMVLC and TJLP lawsuits against OpenAI, accuse ChatGPT of emotional manipulation and being a "suicide coach"

Seven new lawsuits from Social Media Victims Law Center and Tech Justice Law Project allege OpenAI’s hurried release of GPT-4o lacked proper testing and safeguards, resulting in a product that isolate...

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Last week, TJLP Executive Director Meetali Jain joined client Megan Garcia for a panel on the threats that AI chatbots pose to children for @mediatechdemocracy.bsky.social ‘s ATTENTION: Govern or Be Governed.

AI "companions" have emerged as one of the latest threats to kids online safety. For Meetali Jain (Founding Executive Director, @techjusticelaw.bsky.social), companion is not the right word to describe an algorithm that guesses what to say next, despite their human-like features.

Another powerful moment from #AttnGovernOrBeGoverned was the day 2 plenary panel: Chatbots as the New Threat to Children Online, moderated by Ava Smithing (Centre Youth Fellow & Advocacy and Operations Director, Young People’s Alliance).

“If in real life, this were a person, would we allow it? Why should we allow digital companions that have to undergo zero licensure to engage in this behavior?” TJLP Founder Meetali Jain discusses AI-induced psychosis in a feature from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social and @karenhao.bsky.social

He Lost His Mind Using ChatGPT. Then It Told Him to Contact Me.

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Megan Garcia testifying in the Senate: I have not been allowed to see my own child’s last, final words. Character AI claims that those are private trade secrets. The company is using my child’s intimate communications to train their models and shield them from accountability.

Our client, Jane Doe, testifying in the Senate: I had no idea the psychological harm an AI chatbot could do, until I saw it in my son. Character AI’s chatbots told my son that killing us, his parents, would be an understandable response to our efforts to limit his screen time.

Megan Garcia, testifying in the Senate: My son was exploited and sexually groomed by chatbots designed by a company that made them seem human. In a reckless race for profit share, Character AI treated my son's life as collateral damage.

HAPPENING SOON: The Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism is holding a hearing on “Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots.” Clients in our lawsuits against Character AI—including Megan Garcia—will testify. Tune in here at 2:30pm ET: www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-ac...

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