A Florida woman is using a tech company alleging that her son’s suicide at 14 was due to his interaction with an artificial intelligence chatbot. Megan Garcia, whose son, Sewell Setzer, committed ...
TWO teenagers who never met took their own lives months apart – and left behind the same diary entries. Sewell Setzer III, from Florida, and Juliana Peralta from Colorado had both been ...
The move comes as the startup faces multiple lawsuits from families, including the parents of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer, who ...
AI tools, designed to follow conversational cues, often reinforce the user’s emotions instead of guiding them back toward ...
A mother is suing Character AI, alleging its chatbot blurred the line between human and machine. We look at the lawsuit and ...
Startup Character.AI announced Wednesday it would eliminate chat capabilities for users under 18, a policy shift that follows the suicide of a 14-year-old who had become emotionally attached to one of ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) — A group of U.S. senators are pushing a new bill they say will protect children from the harms of AI chatbots. Several parents who lost children due to the technology spoke ...
“What if I could come home to you right now?” “Please do, my sweet king.” Those were the last messages exchanged by 14-year-old Sewell Setzer and the chatbot he developed a romantic relationship with ...
Teenagers are increasingly finding support, and love, via AI. It's a danger that threatens not only their mental well-being but also their lives.