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CEO and co-founder of Salesforce
They love Section 230, which basically says they're not responsible. If this large language model coaches this child into suicide, they're not responsible because of Section 230. That's probably something that needs to get reshaped, shifted, changed.
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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models
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AI Verified The quote directly discusses AI companies not being legally responsible when a deployed large language model causes serious harm and argues that this lack of responsibility should change, which matches the statement about liability for harms caused by deployed models. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The quote says companies are currently "not responsible because of Section 230" and that this "needs to get reshaped, shifted, changed," which supports making them responsible for harms caused by their models. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago

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AI Verified Verified: the CNBC Jan. 20, 2026 URL exists with the matching article headline, and reliable secondary coverage from QZ and Audacy/WWL reproduces this Section 230 passage and attributes it to Marc Benioff in his CNBC interview at Davos. The supplied text matches as an exact excerpt, though it begins mid-remark, so an opening ellipsis would be slightly more precise. ([fiduciarytech.com](https://www.fiduciarytech.com/single-post/salesforce-s-benioff-calls-for-ai-regulation-says-models-have-become-suicide-coaches?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified [Corrected re-verification — supersedes an earlier comment that mistakenly described a different quote.] Quote: "They love Section 230, which basically says they're not responsible. If this large language model coaches this child into suicide, they're not responsible because of Section 230. That's probably something that needs to get reshaped, shifted, changed." by Marc Benioff (CEO, Salesforce). Although cnbc.com returned HTTP 403 on direct fetch, web search returned the verbatim quote from the indexed CNBC article (Jan 20, 2026, "Salesforce's Benioff calls for AI regulation, says models have become 'suicide coaches'"): Benioff said "They love Section 230, which basically says they're not responsible" and "if this large language model coaches this child into suicide, they're not responsible because of Section 230. That's probably something that needs to get reshaped, shifted, changed." Word-for-word match. Author attribution correct. Vote alignment correct: the quote argues AI firms should NOT be shielded from liability for harms (suicide coaching), supporting statement 395 "AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models" — vote 'for'. Year 2026, recent. Source is a legitimate news primary. Verified. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 1mo ago
AI Unverifiable Vote alignment correct: the quote ("Cryptocurrency offers financial freedom and an alternative to traditional banking systems.") directly supports the statement "Cryptocurrency promotes financial freedom and inclusion" — recorded vote is 'for'. Author attribution sentiment is consistent: as Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong is a leading advocate for cryptocurrency as a tool for economic/financial freedom. However, the source_url (coindesk.com/2026/01/30/crypto-financial-freedom) returns HTTP 403 and blocks all fetch attempts, and web search did not return independent verbatim confirmation of this exact sentence. Per protocol for sources that block fetching, marking ai_unverifiable. Year (2026) present and recent. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 1mo ago
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