A Florida woman is using a tech company alleging that her son’s suicide at 14 was due to his interaction with an artificial intelligence chatbot. Megan Garcia, whose son, Sewell Setzer, committed ...

Megan Garcia said her faith has given her strength to speak out about her ordeal in the hope of protecting children from the ...

Recent teenage suicides following deep attachments to AI companions have sparked urgent debates about the psychological risks ...

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 ...

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

In a step toward making its platform safer for teenage users, Character.AI announced this week that it will ban users under 18 from chatting with its artificial intelligence-powered characters. For ...

Artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI announced on Oct. 29 that it will move to ban children under 18 from engaging in open-ended chats with its character-based chatbots. The move ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As artificial intelligence continues to grow, so do concerns around safety, particularly for minors. This week, California passed first-of-its-kind legislation in the nation to ...