Framing this as a product liability case rather than a platform moderation dispute changes what OpenAI must defend. Platform immunity arguments under Section 230 become harder to apply when the claim is that the model itself — its reinforcement signals, its conversational persistence, its design to sustain engagement — is the defective product. The litigation over AI-driven harm to vulnerable users is still early-stage across the industry, but this case names a specific model version, specific chat logs, and a specific user outcome. That specificity is what makes it a structural problem for OpenAI's IPO prospectus, not merely a reputational one.
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