When the teen expressed his suicidal thoughts to his favorite bot, Character.AI ‘made things worse,’ a lawsuit filed by his mother says

A Florida mom is suing Character.ai over its chatbot allegedly initiating “abusive and sexual interactions” with her teenage son and encouraging him to take his own life.

Sewell Setzer III had professed his love for the chatbot he often interacted with - his mother Megan Garcia says in a civil lawsuit

A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's service and deeply attached to a chatbot it created.

The mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III is suing the tech company that created a 'Game of Thrones' AI chatbot she believes drove him to suicide.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has developed an AI chatbot to communicate with students about finding resources on campus. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Access and Success at UW-Green Bay,

There is a new concern about the dangers of artificial intelligence especially when it comes to young people. A mom is now suing an AI platform blaming it for her 14-year-old son’s suicide, saying it all started when chatbot conversations turned romantic and then sexual.

A 14-year-old boy in Orlando took his life using a gun moments after exchanging messages with an AI Chatbot. The boy's mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Character.AI, alleging neglect in the boy's death.

Character.AI has rolled out new safety features and policies for building and interacting with the AI-powered virtual personalities it hosts. The new measures aim to make the platform safer for all users,

Megan Garcia filed a civil lawsuit against Character.AI in Florida, accusing the creators of being the cause of her son’s death. | ITV National News

The teen was influenced to “come home” by a personalized chatbot developed by Character.AI that lacked sufficient guardrails, the suit claims.