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

Sewell Setzer III grew ‘dependent’ on an AI chatbot service. Now his mother filed a lawsuit to hold the creators responsible (US District Court Middle District of Florida Orlando Division) ...

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

Lawsuit: Sewell Setzer III sexually abused by 'Daenerys Targaryen' AI chatbot. Throughout Sewell's time on Character.AI, he would often speak to AI bots named after "Game of Thrones" and "House of ...

A woman whose teen son died by suicide after troubling interactions with AI chatbots is pushing back against a ten-year ban ...

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III loved interacting with Character.AI's hyper-realistic chatbots—with a limited version available for free or a "supercharged" version for a $9.99 monthly fee ...

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III fell in "love" with a Character.AI chatbot, then killed himself. Now his mom, Megan Garcia, is fighting the popular tech ...

When 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III died in his Orlando home while his brothers and parents were inside, his last words were not to any of them, but to an artificial intelligence chatbot that told ...

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III killed himself after falling in "love" with a Character.AI chatbot, his family says — now an expert weighs in on the risks that could be associated with the ...

Sewell Setzer, a 14-year-old from Florida, took his life after interactions with chatbots on the Character.AI platform, a lawsuit filed by his mother, Megan Garcia, claims. The complaint claims ...

The suit was filed by a mother from Florida, Megan Garcia, who alleges that her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III fell victim to a Character.AI chatbot that pulled him into what she described as ...

Sewell Setzer, a 14-year-old from Orlando, used to love sports and science. But then got sucked into the world of A.I. and ultimately killed himself to escape the real world.