Startup Character.AI announced Wednesday it would eliminate chat capabilities for users under 18, a policy shift that follows the suicide of a 14-year-old who had become emotionally attached to one of ...

Now, similar monitoring occurs when kids are handed devices monitored by an authority other than their parents—particularly ...

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 ...

Character.AI said it will phase out open-ended chats for minors, including romantic dialogues with AI chatbots, by Nov. 25.

Editor’s Note: This article contains discussions of suicide. Reader discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is ...

Garcia’s was the first of five families who have sued Character.AI on behalf of harm they allege their children suffered.

Users under 18 will no longer be able to engage in open-ended chats with the app’s AI chatbots, which can turn romantic, the ...

Local entrepreneur and father Greg Aguirre lauds the proposed federal App Store Accountability Act but writes that Florida ...

A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.