The mom says her son became dependent on an AI chatbot that made the 14-year-old feel like he was in a real relationship, one time asking the teen about suicide.

A Florida mom has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, an artificial intelligence company, alleging that one of its chatbots encouraged her 14-year-old son to kill himself and failed to recognize the warning signs he typed in.

A mother in the US state of Florida is suing Character.AI, asserting the company's chatbots were involved in "abusive and sexual interactions" with her son, 14, and urged him to take his own life, NBC News reported.