California lawmakers introduced SB 243 after a teen’s suicide, aiming to regulate AI chatbots and prevent future harm to vulnerable young users.

Across Australia, kids are forming relationships with artificial intelligence companion bots much more dangerous than traditional social media.

Megan Garcia, a Florida mother whose oldest child, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide after extensive ...

Proposals to install ChatGPT into a range of toys including Barbie dolls have sparked alarm from experts who branded it a ...

Last year a 14-year-old US boy called Sewell Setzer III killed himself after exchanging multiple messages a day with a personalised chatbot from Character.ai over several months. Before he died, ...

The legislation shows how California lawmakers are trying to address concerns raised by parents about their children's use of AI chatbots.

A US judge has admitted a case against American firm Character.AI over charges that its chatbot drove a teenager to suicide. The ruling will be closely watched for its potential to establish ...

In her ruling, a judge describes how Sewell Setzer III became "addicted" to an AI chatbot app within months, quitting his basketball team and becoming withdrawn.

In October, Megan Garcia sued Character.ai and Google, claiming they were responsible for the suicide of her son, Sewell Setzer III.

Sewell Setzer III, who was 14, died by suicide in February 2024 at his Orlando home, moments after an artificial intelligence chatbot encouraged him to “come home to me as soon as possible.” ...

Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old Orlando high school freshman, shot himself in the head in February 2024 after becoming obsessed with a chatbot on the virtual generative AI chatbot platform ...

Artificial intelligence company seeks dismissal of lawsuit over 14-year-old’s suicide Sewell Setzer fatally shot himself after becoming “addicted” to AI chatbot app, mom alleges ...