US mother says in lawsuit that AI chatbot encouraged son’s suicide | Technology
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 24, 2024
Florida mother sues Character.AI and Google after 14-year-old son allegedly became obsessed with AI chatbot.
The mother of a teenage boy in the United States who took his own life is suing the maker of an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot that she claims encouraged her son’s death.
In a lawsuit filed in Florida, Megan Garcia, whose 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer died by suicide in February, accuses Character.AI of complicity in her son’s death after he developed a virtual relationship with a chatbot based . . .
