Google and Character.AI plan to settle several lawsuits with families alleging that their products drove their children to self-harm or suicide, according to recent court documents. The companies have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mother’s lawsuit accusing an AI chatbot of causing her son psychological distress that led to his death by suicide in Florida ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Megan Garcia stands next to a picture of her son Sewell Setzer III. Alphabet’s Google and AI startup Character.AI have agreed to ...

A stack of major AI ethics lawsuits against Google have finally come to an end. According to the New York Times, the family of a deceased 14-year-old named Sewell Setzer III has agreed to settle a ...

A Florida mom is suing Character.ai, accusing the artificial intelligence company’s chatbots of initiating “abusive and sexual interactions” with her teenage son and encouraging him to take his own ...

Pope Leo XIV warned against personalized chatbots that can replicate friendly or intimate behaviour.

It has become a trusted companion for millions of teens. But it's not a person. It's an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence – one that's trained to generate human-like responses. And some ...

The pope urged regulation of chatbots that mimic intimacy, warning they can manipulate emotions and harm users.

Alphabet’s Google and AI startup Character.AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit by a Florida mother who alleged the startup’s chatbot led to the suicide of her 14-year-old son, representing one of the ...