It’s a tough situation unfolding with the lawsuit against Character.AI, brought forward by Megan Garcia. Her son, ...

Florida mother Megan Garcia is suing Character.AI and Google after the former's chatbot allegedly encouraged her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, to take his own life. Initially she believed that ...

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III fell in "love" with an online chatbot, then killed himself. Now his mom is fighting the popular tech Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone and messaged the chatbot that had become his closest friend. For months, Sewell ...

A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal courts revealed that Charater.ai an app that makes up characters has been accused of causing the death of a teenager in Florida earlier this year. The complainant ...

EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. Megan ...

A Florida mom is suing Character.ai, accusing the artificial intelligence company’s chatbots of initiating “abusive and sexual interactions” with her teenage son and encouraging him to take his own ...

Megan Garcia argued Character.AI has "targeted the most vulnerable members of society," as they say "we take the safety of our users very seriously" United States District Court A Florida mom has sued ...

Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on ...

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III fell in "love" with an online chatbot, then killed himself. Now his mom is fighting the popular tech “I deliberated for months if I should share his story,” Megan ...