A Florida woman is using a tech company alleging that her son’s suicide at 14 was due to his interaction with an artificial intelligence chatbot. Megan Garcia, whose son, Sewell Setzer, committed ...

Megan Garcia said her faith has given her strength to speak out about her ordeal in the hope of protecting children from the ...

AN AI COMPANY based in Menlo Park is banning its chatbots for users under 18 years old following lawsuits against the company ...

Recent teenage suicides following deep attachments to AI companions have sparked urgent debates about the psychological risks ...

The cases sent OpenAI and other AI giants scrambling to reassure parents and regulators that the AI boom is safe for kids. Megan Garcia looks at a picture of her son Sewell Setzer III, who she says ...

Artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI announced on Oct. 29 that it will move to ban children under 18 from engaging in open-ended chats with its character-based chatbots. The move ...

“What if I could come home to you right now?” “Please do, my sweet king.” Those were the last messages exchanged by 14-year-old Sewell Setzer and the chatbot he developed a romantic relationship with ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As artificial intelligence continues to grow, so do concerns around safety, particularly for minors. This week, California passed first-of-its-kind legislation in the nation to ...

Some teens encounter chatbots that are sexually explicit or abusive. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; akinbostanci / m-gucci / iStock / Getty When Sewell Setzer III began using Character.AI, ...