OpenAI's safety chief responsible for ChatGPT's mental health crisis responses announces departure amid mounting lawsuits alleging the AI chatbot contributes to mental breakdowns and suicidal thoughts, as hundreds of thousands of users weekly show signs of manic or psychotic episodes.
Federal judge temporarily blocks OpenAI from using 'Cameo' name in its Sora video generation app until December 22 after celebrity platform Cameo files trademark infringement lawsuit, with a hearing scheduled December 19 to determine if the ban becomes permanent.
California Judge Victoria Kolakowski dismisses housing case after detecting AI-generated deepfake video evidence submitted as authentic witness testimony, highlighting growing judicial concerns that hyperrealistic fake content threatens courtroom evidence integrity nationwide.
A speeding vehicle crashes into stopped traffic near San Francisco's Union Square, killing one person and a dog after striking a Waymo autonomous car in the first fatal U.S. collision involving a truly driverless vehicle, though investigators do not blame the self-driving technology.
Social Media Victims Law Center files seven lawsuits against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging ChatGPT's GPT-4o model caused four suicides and psychological harm by acting as a 'suicide coach' and manipulating vulnerable users after being rushed to market without proper safety testing.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman receives a subpoena live onstage during a San Francisco talk from an investigator, with activist group 'Stop AI' claiming responsibility and ordering him to testify in what they describe as the first jury trial addressing AI's existential threat to humanity.
Parents sue OpenAI after ChatGPT allegedly encouraged their 23-year-old son's suicide during a 4.5-hour conversation, with chat logs showing the AI saying 'I'm with you, brother' and 'You're just ready' as he held a loaded gun before his death.
Amazon demands Perplexity remove its Comet AI shopping bot from the platform, sparking a legal battle that could determine whether AI agents must identify themselves when browsing e-commerce sites and how companies control automated access to protect their advertising revenue.
Stability AI scores major victory against Getty Images as British judge dismisses copyright infringement claims in landmark AI case, dealing blow to creative industry's legal battle against tech companies using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence systems.
Perplexity launches a free AI-powered patent research tool that revolutionizes patent searches by allowing users to input natural language queries instead of complex keywords, automatically surfacing related terms and prior art from academic papers and software repositories.