TWO teenagers who never met took their own lives months apart, leaving behind chillingly similar words in their final diaries. Sewell Setzer III, from Florida, and Juliana Peralta from Colorado ...
Garcia’s was the first of five families who have sued Character.AI on behalf of harm they allege their children suffered.
AI tools, designed to follow conversational cues, often reinforce the user’s emotions instead of guiding them back toward ...
Senators introduce GUARD Act to protect minors from AI chatbots after parents testify about teen suicides, violence allegedly ...
Megan Garcia said her son Sewell Setzer III, 14, committed suicide after allegedly being manipulated and sexually groomed by an AI chatbot. Garcia spoke at a news conference in support of legislation ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) — A group of U.S. senators are pushing a new bill they say will protect children from the harms of ...
Character.AI said Wednesday that it would bar people under 18 from using its chatbots starting late next month, in a sweeping ...
Parents, child safety groups and politicians have been putting pressure on tech companies to make AI chatbots safer.
“What if I could come home to you right now?” “Please do, my sweet king.” Those were the last messages exchanged by 14-year-old Sewell Setzer and the chatbot he developed a romantic relationship with ...
In the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence, apps like Character.AI provide users with a unique opportunity to ...