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 ...

Megan Garcia, a Florida mother whose oldest child, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide after extensive interactions with unregulated AI chatbots, is calling on lawmakers to slash a ...

In this undated photo provided by Megan Garcia of Florida in October 2024, she stands with her son, Sewell Setzer III. Credit: AP/Megan Garcia. By The Associated PressUpdated May 21, 2025.

In the months after Sewell Setzer III’s February suicide, his mother, Megan Garcia, was at a loss over whether she should speak out about the events that she believes led to his death.

In an extensive complaint filed in federal court in Florida on Tuesday, Oct. 22, Megan Garcia traces the last year of son Sewell Setzer III’s life — from the moment he first started using ...

Florida mother Megan Garcia filed a lawsuit against the A.I. company Character Technologies, which owns the chatbot Character.AI, blaming them for the suicide of her son, Sewell Setzer III ...

Megan Garcia talks about her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, in what was his bedroom at the family’s Orlando home, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.

Sewell Setzer III had professed his love for the chatbot he often interacted with - his mother Megan Garcia says in a civil lawsuit Teenager took his own life after falling in love with AI chatbot.

Screenshot: Megan Garcia One year after a Florida teenager’s tragic death, his family is still fighting for justice. Sewell Setzer III was just 14 when he started a virtual relationship with an ...

The suit was filed by a mother from Florida, Megan Garcia, who alleges that her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III fell victim to a Character.AI chatbot that pulled him into what she described as ...