Before Google Was Blamed for the Suicide of a Teen Chatbot User, Its Researchers Published a Paper Warning of Those Exact Dangers
In April 2024, a group of Google DeepMind researchers published a study warning that understudied pursuasive generative AI systems, including human-like AI companions, could cause significant harm to human users — and, in particular, kids. "Recent generative AI systems have demonstrated more advanced persuasive capabilities and are increasingly permeating areas of life where they can influence decision-making," reads the paper, which was published to the pre-print journal ArXiv. "This has led to growing concerns about harms from AI persuasion and how they can be mitigated." The paper was published by Google DeepMind researchers just a few short months before Google, […]
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