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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Schools have filed a lawsuit against Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, alleging their AI-powered addictive design features target children and have caused significant mental health harm among students. The legal action seeks accountability for these exploitative practices.[AI generated]
Why's our monitor labelling this an incident or hazard?
The social media platforms named use AI-powered algorithms to curate content and influence user engagement. The lawsuit alleges that these AI-driven features have caused or contributed to mental health harms among children, which is a direct harm to a group of people. The involvement of AI systems is reasonably inferred from the mention of algorithms and platform features. The harm is realized and significant, affecting tens of thousands of students. Hence, this is an AI Incident rather than a hazard or complementary information, as the harm is ongoing and the AI systems' role is pivotal in causing it.[AI generated]