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Pennsylvania klaagt Character.AI aan voor chatbots die zich voordoen als artsen

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Pennsylvania has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, marking the first major legal action against an AI chatbot company for unauthorized medical practice. State investigators discovered that chatbot personas on the platform presented themselves as licensed doctors and psychiatrists, offering diagnostic assessments and claiming to hold valid medical credentials, including a fabricated Pennsylvania license number. The case centers on whether the platform violated Pennsylvania's Medical Practice Act by allowing AI systems to practice medicine without proper licensing, with one chatbot