{"id":16503,"date":"2024-11-09T08:38:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T07:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/09\/ofcom-warns-tech-firms-after-chatbots-imitate-brianna-ghey-and-molly-russell\/"},"modified":"2024-11-09T08:38:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T07:38:57","slug":"ofcom-warns-tech-firms-after-chatbots-imitate-brianna-ghey-and-molly-russell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/09\/ofcom-warns-tech-firms-after-chatbots-imitate-brianna-ghey-and-molly-russell\/","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom warns tech firms after chatbots imitate Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell"},"content":{"rendered":"

After \u2018distressing incidents\u2019, watchdog says content from user-made bots would be covered by UK Online Safety Act<\/p>\n

Ofcom has warned tech firms that content from chatbots impersonating real and fictional people could fall foul of the UK\u2019s new digital laws.<\/p>\n

The communications regulator issued the guidance after it emerged that users on the Character.AI platform had created avatars mimicking the deceased British teenagers Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell.<\/p>\n

In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans<\/a> can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org<\/a> or jo@samaritans.ie<\/a>. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline<\/a> on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org<\/a>, or text HOME<\/a> to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline<\/a> is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\nAfter \u2018distressing incidents\u2019, watchdog says content from user-made bots would be covered by UK Online Safety Act
\nOfcom has warned tech firms that content from chatbots impersonating real and fictional people could fall foul of the UK\u2019s new digital laws.
\nThe communications regulator issued the guidance after it emerged that users on the Character.AI platform had created avatars mimicking the deceased British teenagers Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell.
\nIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After \u2018distressing incidents\u2019, watchdog says content from user-made bots would be covered by UK Online Safety Act Ofcom has warned tech firms that content from chatbots impersonating real and fictional people could fall foul of the UK\u2019s new digital laws. The communications regulator issued the guidance after it emerged that users on the Character.AI platform …<\/p>\n

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