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.

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

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 ...

Just because AI is becoming mainstream doesn't mean it's safe, especially when used by children who it has few guidelines to ...

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." ...

Judge rejects free speech argument for AI chatbots in lawsuit over FL teen's suicide The suit was filed by a mother from Florida, Megan Garcia, who alleges that her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer ...

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. AP Meetali Jain of the Tech Justice Law ...

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.” ...