Megan Garcia, a Florida mother whose oldest child, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide after extensive interactions with unregulated AI chatbots, is calling on lawmakers to slash a ...

California lawmakers introduced SB 243 after a teen’s suicide, aiming to regulate AI chatbots and prevent future harm to vulnerable young users.

The Sewell Setzer tragedy isn’t an unlucky anomaly – it’s a predictable outcome of a system that prioritises corporate profits over children’s wellbeing.

A woman whose teen son died by suicide after troubling interactions with AI chatbots is pushing back against a ten-year ban ...

The Heritage Foundation — the group behind the infamous Project 2025, the conservative policy plan that outlined ____ — is ...

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

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

Last year a 14-year-old US boy called Sewell Setzer III killed himself after exchanging multiple messages a day with a personalised chatbot from Character.ai over several months. Before he died, ...

DappRadar found AI agent projects raised $1.39 billion this year, a 9.4% increase on the total funding in 2024, while onchain activity has surged 86%.

According to Conway’s opinion, Plaintiff Megan Garcia––mother of the deceased Sewell Setzer III––claims her son “became addicted to the [Character.AI] app,” resulting in mental ...