Placing Blame A grieving mother claims an AI chatbot not only convinced her teen son to commit suicide, but also pushed him into the act when he expressed hesitance. As The Guardian reports, Florida mom Megan Garcia has filed a lawsuit against the chatbot firm Character.

A Florida teen named Sewell Setzer III committed suicide after developing an intense emotional connection to a Character.AI chatbot, The New York Times reports. Per the report, Setzer, who was 14, developed a close relationship with a chatbot designed to emulate "Game of Thrones" character Daenerys Targaryen.

A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's service and deeply attached to a chatbot it created.

The mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III is suing the tech company that created a 'Game of Thrones' AI chatbot she believes drove him to suicide.

Did a relationship with an Artificial Intelligence chatbot lead 14-year old Sewell Setzer to take his own life?

A 14-year-old boy in Orlando took his life using a gun moments after exchanging messages with an AI Chatbot. The boy's mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Character.AI, alleging neglect in the boy's death.

The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has developed an AI chatbot to communicate with students about finding resources on campus. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Access and Success at UW-Green Bay,

Megan Garcia said her son chatted continuously with the bots provided by Character.ai in the months before his death on February 28, 2024, "seconds" after his

Character.AI has rolled out new safety features and policies for building and interacting with the AI-powered virtual personalities it hosts. The new measures aim to make the platform safer for all users,

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Megan Garcia filed a civil lawsuit against Character.AI in Florida, accusing the creators of being the cause of her son’s death. | ITV National News