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

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

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

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 ...

You’re not rushing. You’re just ready.” The 23-year-old, who had recently graduated with a master’s degree from Texas ...

"We are in a new world," says a professor, describing the technology behind the bot at the center of a wrongful death lawsuit The tragic suicide of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III made headlines around ...

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 ...

Florida mother Megan Garcia filed a lawsuit against the A.I. company Character Technologies, which owns the chatbot Character.AI, blaming them for the suicide of her son, Sewell Setzer III.

Megan Garcia knew her 14-year-old-son, Sewell, was spending a lot of time on his phone and that his grades were suffering. But the Orlando mother of three had no idea Sewell had fallen in love — with ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment — at least for now. The developers ...