Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman filed the nation’s first lawsuit against an AI chatbot company that allegedly “preyed on children and led them into self-harm.”

Character.AI, known for bots that impersonate characters like Harry Potter, said Wednesday it will ban teens from using the chat function following lawsuits that blamed explicit chats on the app for children’s deaths and suicide attempts. Users under 18 ...

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“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 on the platform Character.AI. Minutes later ...

Sewell Setzer, 14, was his mother’s pride and joy. He was a good student, a star athlete and a great big brother. He came home from school on Feb. 28, 2024, “like any normal day,” his mother, Megan Garcia recalled. The day ended with her first-born ...

Character.AI is banning minors from using its chatbots amid growing concerns about the effects of artificial intelligence conversations on children. The company is facing several lawsuits over child safety, including by the mother of a teenager who says ...

The AI chatbot service Character.ai announced on Wednesday that it plans to gradually scale back the ability of users under the age of 18 to interact with digital personalities, and eventually cut them off from open-ended chats altogether. The ...