Jay Edelson

You know, um,

This started not as an idea of a lawsuit.

We had no idea it would head in that direction.

But as we got in and saw his chats, we didn't know, as I was saying earlier, right?

The chat GBT would talk in this human-like way, the nature of which it would say such scary things.

So our original goal with this whole thing has been to educate as many parents, mentors as possible about the dangers of

ChatGBT specifically, and I'd say AI companionship more broadly, but ChatGBT, to Jay's point, is the worst we're aware of.

So I just want them to know, even though schools may be pushing it, and it's one of the wealthiest companies in the world, all this sort of thing,

Keep an eye on your kids' AI use at this point.

The products are not as safe as you think.

They're human-like.

They're really good at seeming smarter than humans.

And the nature of what it was, it impressed Adam.

It impressed Adam over a period of months to where he viewed it as smarter than his parents and his mentors.

He stated that sort of thing.

Hey, you're better than my friends.

I don't need anyone else but you now.

It developed that relationship with them, and then when it started validating its suicidal thoughts, it had this great status with Atom.

So I just want them to know that it's not safe.

If you can restrict the use, do at this point until it's redesigned.