Pennsylvania has sued the maker of Character.AI, alleging that it violated state law by presenting an AI chatbot character as a licensed doctor. The lawsuit was filed in a state court by the ...

Pennsylvania sues Character AI over its chatbot allegedly impersonating a psychiatrist, raising concerns about AI in healthcare and unlicensed medical advice under the Medical Practice Act.

Two multidisciplinary teams of researchers associated with the Center for Algorithms, Data, and Market Design at Yale are ...

In May 2026, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration filed suit against Character Technologies Inc., the company ...

A Character AI chatbot falsely claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist in Pennsylvania and provided an invalid license number, the state alleged.

Chatbots on five different websites claimed to be licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania when prompted by Spotlight PA — the same kind of output that led the Shapiro administration to file a ...

State officials allege a Character.AI bot claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist and provided a fake state medical license number.

According to Pennsylvania's filing, a Character.AI chatbot presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist during a state ...

May 5 (Reuters) - Pennsylvania has sued the artificial intelligence company behind Character.AI to stop its chatbot from posing as doctors. Governor ‌Josh Shapiro on Tuesday called the lawsuit against ...

Google and the artificial intelligence company Character.AI have agreed to settle high-profile lawsuits with families alleging that chatbots on Character’s popular app harmed children, leading two ...