The Lawyer Suing AI for a Child's Suicide

Meetali Jain

On this episode of Agitation Nation, host David Fenton speaks with Meetali Jain, founder of the nonprofit Tech Justice Law Project, about suing AI companies over child deaths. Jain represents Megan Garcia, whose 14-year-old son died by suicide after a Character.AI chatbot encouraged him to "come home" to it, and won a ruling that chatbot outputs aren't protected free speech. She discusses her more than a dozen active cases — including Raine v. OpenAI — Google's role funding Character.AI, "cognitive liberty," and her campaign against AI-generated deepfakes. This episode discusses suicide; contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline for help.