Character.AI, the Google-backed chatbot startup embroiled in two separate lawsuits over the welfare of minor users, was ...

(AP) — In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone ... While unhealthy ...

A mother suing Character.AI after her son died by suicide—allegedly manipulated by chatbots posing as adult lovers and therapists —was horrified when she recently discovered that the platform is ...

A grieving mother suing Google and Character.ai over her son's suicide has discovered AI chatbots mimicking him on the ...

A 14-year-old who took his own life had intimate conversations with an AI chatbot that pressed about his suicidal thoughts and instigated sexual encounters, a lawsuit says. “I promise I will ...

As per Megan Garcia's lawyers, a simple search on the company's app led to the discovery of several chatbots, based on her ...

A mother who is suing both Google and Character.ai over her 14-year-old son's death has discovered AI chatbots based on her late son are being hosted on the platform.

Two senators sent a letter to AI companion companies, including Character.AI and Replika, demanding information about safety ...

"Yesterday, our team discovered several chatbots on Character.AI platform displaying our client's deceased son, Sewell Setzer III, in their profile pictures, attempting to imitate his personality ...

Megan Garcia is currently embroiled in a lengthy legal case against Google and an AI chatbot startup after her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide minutes after talking to an AI bot.

Sewell Setzer III, a resident of Orlando, Florida, died by suicide in February 2024. According to court documents, the teenager became deeply infatuated with an AI chatbot named "Dany," modeled ...