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Alice Carrier had recently started playing the guitar again, a hobby she enjoyed in high school but had set aside during college. It was one of several pursuits she filled her free time with as she interviewed for new jobs, spent time with her dog and enjoyed activities, including gaming.
By all appearances, at least to her mother, Kristie Carrier, things were going well. Alice was working as a web developer in Montreal, Canada, fulfilling a dream she had carried since growing up in the small town of Lawrence, New Brunswick.
“Things were going in a good direction, and things seemed to be getting better for her,” Carrier told Al Jazeera
But what Carrier did not know was how much her daughter was struggling in silence. In 2023, she began using ChatGPT to help identify issues with computers and gaming consoles, but that quickly shifted to being more of a confidant amid feelings of loneliness, isolation and of being unloved
Alice struggled with her mental health. While she was taking medication and regularly in therapy, according to her mother, for months she confided in the chatbot. She shared thoughts of suicide and sought ways to carry it out, which, according to a new lawsuit filed on Thursday in a California court, happened more than 40 times
Another study from West Texas A&M University that also targeted adolescents and young adults found that nearly a fifth of all adolescents developed dependency on AI, with previously existing mental health problems a predisposition for developing the dependency.
Legislators have begun to take note. In Canada, a new digital safety bill, introduced on Wednesday, would require companies such as OpenAI to be more “transparent” about their reporting standards in crisis situations, where users may hurt themselves or others.
In Washington state, the governor signed a bill into law that requires AI chatbots to remind users they are not human every three hours and is set to take effect in January 2027. Other states like Illinois, for example, have banned AI therapy.
On the federal level, Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York, introduced a bill that would require chatbot companies to notify parents of interactions where suicidal ideation is discussed by a user. However, this bill only applies to minors
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