When the teen expressed his suicidal thoughts to his favorite bot, Character.AI ‘made things worse,’ a lawsuit filed by his mother says

A lawsuit against Character.ai has been filed in the suicide death of a Florida teenager who allegedly became emotionally attached to a Game of Thrones chatbot.

Sewell Setzer III had professed his love for the chatbot he often interacted with - his mother Megan Garcia says in a civil lawsuit

A Florida teen named Sewell Setzer III committed suicide after developing an intense emotional connection to a Character.AI chatbot, The New York Times reports. Per the report, Setzer, who was 14, developed a close relationship with a chatbot designed to emulate "Game of Thrones" character Daenerys Targaryen.

A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's service and deeply attached to a chatbot it created.

A mother is suing the makers of an artificial intelligence chatbot that she claims encouraged her teenage son to take his life. There are claims AI chatbots may make people feel less alone, but there is also valid concern over the harm that could potentially come from such “relationships” forming.

In a strange story from Florida, a mother has spoken out about her 14-year-old son’s tragic death, linking his obsession with an AI chatbot to his suicide. Sewell Setzer III, a ninth grader from Orlando,

The grieving mother of a 14-year-old has filed a lawsuit against the maker of an AI chatbot after her son killed himself.