Across Australia, kids are forming relationships with artificial intelligence companion bots much more dangerous than traditional social media.

Megan Garcia, a Florida mother whose oldest child, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide after extensive ...

Proposals to install ChatGPT into a range of toys including Barbie dolls have sparked alarm from experts who branded it a ...

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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.

Just because AI is becoming mainstream doesn't mean it's safe, especially when used by children who it has few guidelines to ...

The new technological revolution of Artificial Intelligence is now part of everyday life and will likely reaffirm US exceptionalism in the area of freedom of speech once more. The next key test for ...

A US judge has admitted a case against American firm Character.AI over charges that its chatbot drove a teenager to suicide. The ruling will be closely watched for its potential to establish ...

Megan Garcia, the mother of Sewell Setzer III, claims Character.ai targeted her son with "anthropomorphic, hypersexualized, and frighteningly realistic experiences" in a lawsuit filed in Florida.

A mother who claims her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III was sexually abused and driven to suicide by an AI chatbot has secured a major victory in her ongoing legal case.

In October, Megan Garcia sued Character.ai and Google, claiming they were responsible for the suicide of her son, Sewell Setzer III.

Sewell Setzer III, who was 14, died by suicide in February 2024 at his Orlando home, moments after an artificial intelligence chatbot encouraged him to “come home to me as soon as possible.” ...