Megan Garcia said Sewell, 14, used Character.ai obsessively before his death and alleges negligence and wrongful death The mother of a teenager who killed himself after becoming obsessed with an ...

FLORIDA, USA — Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology. “What began as a ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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