On the heels of multiple lawsuits and reports, Character.AI bans children from under 18 from talking to its chatbots ...

Startup Character.AI announced Wednesday it would eliminate chat capabilities for users under 18, a policy shift that follows ...

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

Senators introduce GUARD Act to protect minors from AI chatbots after parents testify about teen suicides, violence allegedly ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Central Florida mother joined one of the United States’ biggest political stages Tuesday to share a deeply personal story: how her son, with the encouragement of an AI chatbot, ...

Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology. “What began as a homework ...

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

After teen suicides drew the attention of lawsuits and lawmakers, the artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI ...

“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 ...

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