Now his mom, Megan Garcia, is fighting the popular tech Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III fell in "love" with a Character.AI chatbot, then killed himself. Skip to content ...

A woman whose teen son died by suicide after troubling interactions with AI chatbots is pushing back against a ten-year ban ...

Megan Garcia knew her 14-year-old-son, Sewell, was spending a lot of time on his phone and that his grades were suffering. But the mother of three had no idea Sewell had fallen in love — with a ...

Megan Garcia’s suit claims Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old Orlando high school freshman, shot himself in the head in February 2024 after becoming obsessed with an AI chatbot named after ...

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.

Ever since a mourning mother, Megan Garcia, filed a lawsuit alleging that Character.AI's dangerous chatbots caused her son's suicide, Google has maintained that—so it could dodge claims that it ...

Megan Garcia, with her attorney Matthew Bergman, speaks to members of the media outside the federal courthouse in Orlando after a hearing Monday, April 28, 2025.

Megan Garcia's son, Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide on Feb. 28, 2024, after shooting himself in the head at their Orlando home, moments after exchanging messages with an AI chatbot, a lawsuit said.

Megan Garcia says her 14-year-old son shot himself after developing a relationship with a chatbot on Character-AI. Her lawsuit alleges that the company’s chatbot engaged in abusive and sexual ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...