The deceased, identified as Sewell Setzer, who fell in love with the AI chatbot, shot himself with his stepfather’s handgun in February this year. Sewell's mother, Megan Garcia, has claimed that her son became addicted to the artificial intelligence ...

Did a relationship with an Artificial Intelligence chatbot lead 14-year old Sewell Setzer to take his own life?

Sewell Setzer III had professed his love for the chatbot he often interacted with - his mother Megan Garcia says in a civil lawsuit

A lawsuit against Character.ai has been filed in the suicide death of a Florida teenager who allegedly became emotionally attached to a Game of Thrones chatbot.

His mom, Megan Garcia, has since filed a civil lawsuit against customizable role-play chatbot company Character.AI, accusing it of negligence, wrongful death and deceptive trade practices, claiming that Sewell interacted with a chatbot every night and had even 'fallen in love' with it prior to his passing.

Placing Blame A grieving mother claims an AI chatbot not only convinced her teen son to commit suicide, but also pushed him into the act when he expressed hesitance. As The Guardian reports, Florida mom Megan Garcia has filed a lawsuit against the chatbot firm Character.

A Florida woman is grieving after she said her 14-year-old son’s love for a chatbot led him to die by suicide. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Orlando mom Megan Garcia alleged that her son carried on an intense relationship with a chatbot named after Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen,

Trigger warning: mention of suicide When a 14-year-old boy named Sewell Setzer III committed suicide after forming a deep emotional connection with an AI bot, questions were raised over who, if anyone,

A 14-year-old Florida boy killed himself after a lifelike “Game of Thrones” chatbot he’d been messaging for months on an artificial intelligence app sent him an eerie message telling him to “come home” to her,