nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/d39ad9329446023f DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 251017s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/d39ad9329446023f doi eng 342 23 Frattone, Cristina Author aut Chatbots, Teens, and the Lure of AI Sirens - Questioning Conversational AI Design through Minors’ Protection and Product Liability Frattone, Cristina Verfassungsblog 2025-10-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 26 August 2025, the parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, following their son’s suicide, allegedly influenced by ChatGPT. The case sparked an FTC inquiry and renewed debates on the psychological risks of AI chatbots for minors. Drawing from this lawsuit, the article examines the mental health implications of AI-driven conversational agents, explores legal and technical measures to protect children, and assesses the role of tort law in regulating AI developers. CC BY-SA 4.0 AI chatgpt Ruggeri, Federico Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/chatbots-teens-and-the-lure-of-ai-sirens/ raw object