A federal judge’s ruling in Garcia v. Character Technologies is off base in finding that the output produced by GenAI chatbots may not constitute “speech” within the meaning of the First Amendment.

Using AI as a therapist or a listening ear, is becoming increasingly common. However, it's harmful in more ways than one.

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

‘My son killed himself because an AI chatbot told him to. I won’t stop until I shut it down’ Mother of boy who discussed suicide with an AI clone of Daenerys Targaryen seeks justice ...

The case was brought against the company by Megan Garcia, the mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, who killed himself after conversing with a Character.AI chatbot roleplaying as Daenerys and ...

Judge rules AI chatbot in teen suicide case is not ... The death of a teenage boy obsessed with an artificial intelligence-powered replica of Daenerys Targaryen continues to raise complex ...

Update in tragic case of teenager who took his life after ‘falling in love’ with Daenerys Targaryen AI chatbot Megan Garcia alleges that her young son was 'manipulated into taking his own life ...

Heartbreaking updates have been issued about the teen who took his own life after “falling in love” with a chatbot acting as the Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen. Sewell Setzer III was ...

Sewell Setzer III was just 14 when he took his own life, and his mother, Megan Garcia, has filed a lawsuit against Character Technologies, who own the chatbot Character.ai, and its founders.

Mum continues legal case after son 'killed himself after becoming obsessed' with AI chatbot. 23 May 2025, 22:23 | Updated: 24 May 2025 ... Judge Conway noted that Sewell was particularly fixated on ...

Garcia, who works as a lawyer herself, alleges that he was in constant communication with an AI chatbot, who she says he made based on Game of Thrones character, Daenerys Targaryen, in April 2023.. It ...

AI firm Character.AI and Google face legal reckoning as chatbot allegedly manipulates 14-year-old boy ... Setzer engaged in sexualized conversations with a chatbot impersonating Daenerys Targaryen.