A Family’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI 8/27/25

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🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Author and podcaster Arthur Brooks discusses the impact of politics, technology, and capitalism on our wellbeing; he warns, politicians are not the key to America’s happiness. CNBC’s Steve Liesman follows the drama between the White House and Fed Governor Lisa Cook, and Cracker Barrel is rolling back its logo rebrand after uproar on social media. Teenager Adam Raine messaged ChatGPT-4 for months leading up to his suicide. His family is now suing ChatGPT parent OpenAI for the company’s role in Adam’s death. The Raine family lawyer Jay Edelson explains the case and underscores the dangers of rushing innovation to consumer markets. Arthur Brooks - 22:57 Jay Edelson - 37:01 In this episode: Steve Liesman, @steveliesman Leslie Picker, @LesliePicker Wilfred Frost, @WilfredFrost Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	What unfolded between Chat GPT and a 16-year-old boy and how it led to tragedy
0:15.0	that teenagers' parents are suing Open AI, and their lawyer Jay Edelson explains why. Sam Altman and Open AI knew that there were going to be problems.
0:24.6	They rushed us to market because they wanted to be Google Gemini.
0:27.6	So they did a week of training instead of months of training.
0:30.6	How technology impacts our mental health and how we can help or hinder our paths to wellness
0:36.6	with Happiness Sch scholar Arthur Brooks.
0:38.9	Politics never raises happiness. Anytime a politician says, I'm going to make you happy,
0:43.4	you should be very, very nervous. Plus, Cracker Barrel has heard the social media uproar about its
0:48.7	rebrand, and our own Steve Leesman is following the White House Federal Reserve drama
0:53.4	and who the president might put in a few jobs next.
0:56.7	How do they prioritize their loyalty to the president versus their loyalty to the congressional mandate of low inflation and low unemployment?
1:06.2	It's Wednesday, August 27th, 2025, Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:12.2	Stand and under by three, two, one, up and enter two.
1:17.6	Good morning and welcome to Squackbox right here on CNBC.
1:20.7	We're live at the NASDAQ market site in Times Square.
1:22.7	I'm Andrew Ross, working along with Leslie Picker and Wilford Frost, in for Becky and Joe
1:26.7	on what has been a wildly newsy, a wildly newsy last week of August.
1:32.9	Quiet August week. Pretty incredible. All sorts of international markets this week, bonds and equities have moved around a lot on various stories that are not insignificant, like there potentially being a, you know,
1:44.9	well, there will be a vote of no confidence in the French government, so that, you know,
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