OpenAI is facing seven new lawsuits in California, alleging ChatGPT contributed to multiple suicides and psychological injuries.

Why it matters: Regulators and child-safety advocates have been warning against repeating social media's mistakes, releasing products fast and without proper guardrails.

Driving the news: The complaints allege that OpenAI rushed the release of its GPT-4o, limiting safety testing, the Wall Street Journal reports. • This is the latest in a series of high-profile allegations of chatbots pushing people to suicide or not intervening when they could have.

Zoom in: The lawsuits claim GPT-4o was intentionally designed with features like memory, simulated empathy, and overly agreeable responses to drive user engagement and emotional reliance. • The families argue t

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