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

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Last year a 14-year-old US boy called Sewell Setzer III killed himself after exchanging multiple messages a day with a personalised chatbot from Character.ai over several months. Before he died, ...

In Sewell Setzer’s case, the chatbot ultimately seemed to encourage him to kill himself. Other reports have also surfaced of bots seeming to suggest or support suicide.

Character.AI allows users to interact with life-like AI “characters”, including fictional and celebrity personas that mimic human traits like stuttering.

Megan Garcia, the mother of Sewell Setzer III, claims Character.ai targeted her son with "anthropomorphic, hypersexualized, and frighteningly realistic experiences" in a lawsuit filed in Florida.

In October, Megan Garcia sued Character.ai and Google, claiming they were responsible for the suicide of her son, Sewell Setzer III.