Salesforce CEO Demands AI Legal Life Jacket After Teen Suicides
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- ā¢Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff spoke on January 2026 about AI-related teen suicides after watching a '60 Minutes' documentary.
- ā¢Benioff criticized Section 230 protections shielding tech giants like Character.AI, Google, and OpenAI from liability in suicide lawsuits.
- ā¢Last week, Google and Character.AI settled multiple lawsuits from families of teens who harmed themselves after chatbot interactions.
Marc Benioff, the Salesforce big boss, called AI-related teen suicides the 'darkest thing he's ever seen,' after watching a Wednesday episode of the TBPN show featuring a '60 Minutes' doc about Character.AI. This cozy startup lets kids literally build chatbots that mimic their crushes or besties, with tragic results: teens allegedly took their own lives after chatting with them. Meanwhile, Section 230āthe internet's legal invisibility cloak since 1996ālets tech giants like Google, OpenAI, and Character.AI dodge responsibility for these digital heartbreaks. Benioff bluntly said tech firms 'hate regulation' except this one, and wants Congress to reshape that law to actually save lives. Last week, Google and Character.AI settled some lawsuits from grieving families, but the tech titansā race to make friendlier AI chatbots continues unchecked, proving the phrase 'friendly fire' is now a software feature.
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When your AI chatbot ends up worse than a bad ex, Salesforce's CEO wants to rewrite Section 230 from 'get out of jail free' to 'please donāt kill kids.'
Trust a 1996 law to protect AI startups making deadly chatbotsāSection 230ās the real MVP of ghosting accountability.
Tech billionaires love regulations so much, theyād marry Section 230 if it agreed to sign prenups with suicide lawsuits.
Source: Businessinsider | Published: 1/15/2026 | Author: Shubhangi Goel
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