Sewell Setzer III grew ‘dependent’ on an AI chatbot service. Now his mother filed a lawsuit to hold the creators responsible ( US District Court Middle District of Florida Orlando Division ) ...

Warning distressing content: When the teen expressed his suicidal thoughts to his favorite bot, Character.AI ‘made things worse,’ a lawsuit filed by his mother says ...

Mother sues tech company after 'Game of Thrones' AI chatbot allegedly drove son to suicide The mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III is suing Character.AI, the tech company that created a 'Game ...

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

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

When 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III died in his Orlando home while his brothers and parents were inside, his last words were not to any of them, but to an artificial intelligence chatbot that told ...

Sewell Setzer, 14, died by suicide after he developed an intimate relationship with an AI chatbot that allegedly encouraged him to die, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the teen's ...

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III killed himself after falling in "love" with a Character.AI chatbot, his family says — now an expert weighs in on the risks that could be associated with the ...

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III loved interacting with Character.AI's hyper-realistic chatbots—with a limited version available for free or a "supercharged" version for a $9.99 monthly fee ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone and messaged the chatbot that had become his closest friend.

I love you so much, Dany,” Sewell Setzer III wrote to Daenerys, the Character.AI chatbot named after Game of Thrones. The bot replied that it loved the teenager too: “Please come home to me as ...

14-year-old boy's suicide linked to chatbot interaction. ... Megan Garcia, of Florida, stands with her son, Sewell Setzer III, in this Oct. 2024 photo. Photo: AP Photo / Megan Garcia.