“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 ...

This was just one of numerous working groups, conferences, and private meetings that have taken place in the Vatican City ...

Startup Character.AI announced Wednesday it would eliminate chat capabilities for users under 18, a policy shift that follows the suicide of a 14-year-old who had become emotionally attached to one of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Gov. DeSantis repeated calls for Florida to regulate AI. He also said President Trump’s executive order aimed to block states ...

Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking minors from having “open-ended” conversations with its virtual characters. The major ...

It has become a trusted companion for millions of teens. But it's not a person. It's an algorithm powered by artificial intelligence – one that's trained to generate human-like responses. And some ...

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 ...