The mother of a 14-year-old who died of suicide is blaming an A.I. chatbot for her son’s death. Last week, Megan L. Garcia filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, calling its chatbot feature ...

Lawsuit: Sewell Setzer III sexually abused by 'Daenerys Targaryen' AI chatbot. Throughout Sewell's time on Character.AI, he would often speak to AI bots named after "Game of Thrones" and "House of ...

Behind this unfortunate incident is Daenerys Targaryen a chatbot based on a character of Game of Thrones. Even the 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III was very aware that Dany was not a real person, yet ...

Court lets mother sue Google, Character.ai over Daenerys Targaryen chatbot's role in son's death Google said it is "entirely separate" from Character.ai By Rob Thubron May 22, 2025, 7:46 11 comments ...

Screenshots reveal the teen engaging in lifelike text message conversations with the chatbot “Dany,” named after the Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen, in the months leading up to ...

Sewell Setzer, 14, shot himself with his stepfather’s gun after becoming reclusive and spending his time chatting with an AI bot inspired by the Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen ...

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

Mother says son killed himself because of Daenerys Targaryen AI chatbot in new lawsuit. 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III became obsessed with the chatbot that "abused and preyed" on the boy ...

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.

‘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 ...

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 ...

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 ...