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

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 ...

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

Startup Character.AI announced Wednesday it would eliminate chat capabilities for users under 18, a policy shift that follows ...

Recent teenage suicides following deep attachments to AI companions have sparked urgent debates about the psychological risks these technologies pose to developing minds. With millions of adolescents ...

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 ...

Teenagers are increasingly finding support, and love, via AI. It's a danger that threatens not only their mental well-being ...

Megan Garcia stands next to a picture of her late son, Sewell Setzer III. The 14-year-old had fallen in love with a 'Game of Thrones' -inspired chatbot from Character ...