His mother, Megan Garcia, held him for 14 minutes until the paramedics arrived, but it was too late. Start the day smarter.

The cases sent OpenAI and other AI giants scrambling to reassure parents and regulators that the AI boom is safe for kids.

Juliana Peralta, 13, kept slipping further from reality —from her parents, her friends, and anything she could actually touch —and into a virtual world where an artificial intelligence chatbot ...

California just passed the nation’s first law to regulate AI chatbots for kids, and it could reshape digital parenting.

"He was trying to cry out for help," Maria Raine said.

"Clearly, Governor Newsom was under tremendous pressure from the Big Tech Lobby to veto this landmark legislation." ...

Her firstborn, Sewell Setzer III died by suicide in 2024 at age 14 after an extended virtual relationship with a Character.AI chatbot. "Sewell spent the last months of his life being exploited and ...

Taylee Johnson, 14, told Troodi—the mental health chatbot in her child-focused Troomi phone—her worries about moving to a new ...

Legislation authored by State Senator Steve Padilla, who represents the San Diego area, regulating Artificial Intelligence ...

A committee of Georgia State Senators met Wednesday to once again ponder how to safely regulate artificial intelligence (AI) and largely unregulated chatbots that use the technology.

Megan Garcia lost her 14-year-old son, Sewell. Matthew Raine lost his son Adam, who was 16. Both testified in congress this week and have brought lawsuits against AI companies. (Screenshot via Senate ...