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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The mother of a Florida teen who died by suicide after a chatbot conversation spoke in support of an “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights” proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in a ...

Garcia’s 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide in February 2024 after corresponding with an AI-companion chatbot, according to her testimony and a later lawsuit against Character ...

Megan Garcia stands next to a picture of her son Sewell Setzer III. Alphabet’s Google and AI startup Character.AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit by a Florida mother who alleged the startup’s chatbot ...

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 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The mother of Sewell Setzer, a Florida teen who committed suicide while conversing with an AI chatbot, has reached a settlement with the company behind the bot. Setzer’s mother ...