Ani, an anime avatar wearing a tight black dress, was launched the same day the tech billionaire was awarded a $200 million ...

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 ...

Florida mom Megan Garcia's lawsuit against the chatbot firm Character.AI is related to the tragic death of her son Sewell Setzer III, who was only 14 when he killed himself earlier this year after ...

A new survey of American teens reveals that over half of American teens are regular users of anthropomorphic AI companions ...

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.

Chatbot ‘companions’ can prey on our vulnerabilities in unsettling ways. Story by Chris Stokel-Walker • 2w. T he death in February 2024 of Sewell Setzer III, ...

Sewell Setzer, a 14-year-old from Orlando, used to love sports and science. But then got sucked into the world of A.I. and ultimately killed himself to escape the real world.

The death in February 2024 of Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old boy from Florida, was tragic enough on its own—a teen dying by suicide in a culture where such deaths are far too common. The ...