Discussion at a recent meeting of Indiana lawmakers centered on media reports of a California teenager whose parents are suing Open AI after its program allegedly contributed to their son's suicide.

Among the lawsuit's allegations are that the 16-year-old expressed a desire to let other people know about his suicidal thoughts — only for ChatGPT to encourage him to keep them secret.

Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) said that's a problem he's wrestling with.

"So, we as policymakers have to understand — how is that technology actually working to generate that kind of response and then what, if anything, should we be doing about it so those kinds of responses don't get generated," Pierce said.

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