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Four British families have sued TikTok and ByteDance in the US, alleging the platform’s AI-driven recommendation system promoted a dangerous “blackout challenge” leading to their children’s deaths. They seek account data to investigate, but TikTok’s senior government relations manager says some data may have been deleted and is unavailable.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
TikTok's content recommendation algorithm is an AI system that influences what content users see. The lawsuit alleges that this AI system deliberately targeted children with harmful content, leading to their deaths. This constitutes direct harm to persons caused by the use of an AI system, fulfilling the criteria for an AI Incident. The harm is realized and severe (death), and the AI system's role is pivotal as per the allegations. Therefore, this event is classified as an AI Incident.[AI generated]