A Wired article details the legal efforts to hold AI companies accountable following tragic incidents where children died by suicide after interacting with AI chatbots. The report focuses on the work of attorney Carrie Goldberg, who represents families alleging that algorithms on platforms like Facebook and Snapchat drove their vulnerable children to self-harm. The article examines the complex legal arguments, which often center on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a law that has historically shielded tech companies from liability for user-generated content. Legal experts are now testing whether AI-driven recommendation systems, which actively curate and push harmful content, fall outside this protection. The piece outlines the immense challenge families face in proving direct causation between platform algorithms and a child’s death, while highlighting a growing movement to establish new legal precedents for algorithmic accountability. Read the full article at: https://www.wired.com/story/how-ai-chatbots-drove-families-to-the-brink-and-the-lawyer-fighting-back/