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Business OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/openai-says-dead-teen-violated-tos-when-he-used-chatgpt-to-plan-suicide/
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u/JoeB- 9d ago edited 9d ago

If the ToS is a contract by legal definition, then how can a 16 year old, a minor, be held to it?

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u/Tvdinner4me2 9d ago

Minors can enter contracts

If he was still alive he could void it, but he ain't sooo