After a series of suicides allegedly linked to AI chatbots, one lawyer is trying to hold companies like OpenAI accountable.
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Laura Marquez-Garrett at their office in northwest Washington.
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Cedric Lacey relied on a camera to check on his kids while he was working as a commercial van driver going to and back from Alabama.
Each morning, he would tune into the feed of his living room to make sure his teenage son, Amaurie, and his 14-year-old daughter were packing up their bags and getting ready to leave for school.