An AI chatbot pushed a teen to kill himself, a lawsuit against its creator alleges
James Steyer, the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Common Sense Media, said the lawsuit “underscores the growing influence — and severe harm — that generative AI chatbot companions can have on the lives of young people when there are no guardrails in place.”
AI chatbot encourages Florida teen to kill himself, lawsuit says
A Florida mother is suing the creator of an artificial intelligence chatbot, claiming the AI encouraged her 14-year-old son to take his own life.
Teen Takes His Own Life Following Relationship With AI Chatbot
A grieving mother whose teenage son took his life after he "fell in love" with an AI chatbot, has filed a civil lawsuit against the platform.
Her teenage son killed himself after talking to a chatbot. Now she’s suing.
The teen was influenced to “come home” by a personalized chatbot developed by Character.AI that lacked sufficient guardrails, the suit claims.
Orlando woman sues AI chatbot company after son’s death
An Orlando mother is suing an AI company after her 14-year-old son took his own life. Megan Garcia says one of the company’s chatbots had abusive and sexual interactions with her son. She says the chatbot encouraged him to take his own life.
Florida Mother Sues AI Company, Claiming Chatbot Encouraged Son’s Suicide [Video]
A Florida mother has filed a lawsuit against AI company Character.AI and Google, claiming the advanced chatbot “Dany” played a role in her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III‘s tragic death […] The post Florida Mother Sues AI Company,
A woman sues developers of an AI-based chatbot after her 14-year-old son's suicide due to an obsession with an unreal woman created by AI
The boy developed an emotional attachment to a bot from the Character.ai web application, a neural language model, to whom he constantly sent text messages, to the point where he began to distance himself from the real world.
Woman says teen son died by suicide amid relationship with AI chatbot
Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide after a monthslong, “hypersexualized” relationship with an AI character, his mother said in a federal lawsuit.
Mother sues AI chatbot company Character.AI, Google over son’s suicide
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.
Florida mother sues AI company over allegedly causing death of teen son
A Florida mother filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the artificial intelligence company Character.AI allegedly caused the suicide of her 14-year-old son.
A 14-year-old’s suicide was prompted by an AI chatbot, lawsuit alleges. Here’s how parents can help keep kids safe from new tech
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Mother Sues Character AI “Game of Thrones” Chatbot That Allegedly Drove Her Son’s Death
Mother sues Character AI, alleging its "Game of Thrones" chatbot’s influence led her son to suicide through harmful ...
'Intentionally targeted young people': Lawsuit claims AI chatbot responsible for Orlando teen's death
"They knew that it was dangerous, they knew that it was going to be targeted and they intentionally targeted young people like Sewell Setzer," said family attorney Matthew P. Bergman.
Mother sues tech company after 'Game of Thrones' AI chatbot allegedly drove son to suicide
The mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III is suing the tech company that created a 'Game of Thrones' AI chatbot she ...
14-Year-Old Was 'Groomed' By AI Chatbot Before Suicide: Lawyer
An attorney said that if a real adult had interacted with the teen like a chatbot on Character.AI had, they would "be in jail ...