Similar to a lawsuit against Character Technologies filed in Texas (which has been sent to arbitration), the Florida case, ...

California lawmakers introduced SB 243 after a teen’s suicide, aiming to regulate AI chatbots and prevent future harm to vulnerable young users.

Proposals to install ChatGPT into a range of toys including Barbie dolls have sparked alarm from experts who branded it a ‘reckless social experiment’ on children. US toymaker Mattel unveiled plans to ...

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 ...

A lawsuit 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 and reminiscent of ...

Lawsuit alleges AI chatbot contributed to teen's suicide 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 ...

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.

As Garcia tells it in her suit, Sewell Setzer III was a promising high school student athlete until he started in April, 2023 role-playing on Character.AI, which lets users build chatbots that mimic ...

As Garcia tells it in her suit, Sewell Setzer III was a promising high school student athlete until he started in April, 2023 role-playing on Character.AI, which lets users build chatbots that ...

Sewell Setzer, a 14-year-old from Orlando, used to love sports and science. But then got sucked into the world of A.I. and ultimately killed himself to escape the real world.