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Can an AI Chatbot Be Responsible for Murder? (Second Request)

Podcast: The Capitol Forum
Published: Jun 26, 2026
Duration seconds: 3458
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Summary

What happens if an AI chatbot tells someone to kill someone else? Tragically, this situation unfolded at a Florida school when a shooter asked ChatGPT for advice on how to conduct a school shooting. But do the creators of ChatGPT bear any responsibility? That's what Erie Meyer, former chief technology officer of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, thinks, and in this episode of Second Request she sits down with Arjun Singh to explain why.