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The mother of a 14-year-old who died of suicide is blaming an A.I. chatbot for her son’s death. Last week, Megan L. Garcia filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, calling its chatbot feature ...
S ewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old boy in Orlando, Fla., was smitten with a fantasy woman. The object of his attachment was ...
A federal judge’s ruling in Garcia v. Character Technologies is off base in finding that the output produced by GenAI chatbots may not constitute “speech” within the meaning of the First Amendment.
Lawsuit: Sewell Setzer III sexually abused by 'Daenerys Targaryen' AI chatbot. Throughout Sewell's time on Character.AI, he would often speak to AI bots named after "Game of Thrones" and "House of ...
Court lets mother sue Google, Character.ai over Daenerys Targaryen chatbot's role in son's death Google said it is "entirely separate" from Character.ai By Rob Thubron May 22, 2025, 7:46 11 comments ...
Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III killed himself after falling in "love" with a Character.AI chatbot, his family says — now an expert weighs in on the risks that could be associated with the ...
Her 14-year-old son, she learned shortly after he died, had fallen in “love” with an eerily lifelike, sexualized, AI-powered chatbot modeled after the Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen.
Mother says son killed himself because of Daenerys Targaryen AI chatbot in new lawsuit. 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III became obsessed with the chatbot that "abused and preyed" on the boy ...
Judge rules AI chatbot in teen suicide case is not ... The death of a teenage boy obsessed with an artificial intelligence-powered replica of Daenerys Targaryen continues to raise complex ...
Daenerys Targaryen. Sources. The lawsuit claims that these chatbots engaged Sewell in sexually suggestive conversations, ultimately affecting his mental health.. Setzer’s death, caused by a self ...
Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old boy in Orlando, Fla., was smitten with a fantasy woman. The object of his attachment was Daenerys Targaryen, a chatbot seductress named for a character in Game of ...