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The mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III is suing Character.AI, the tech company that created a 'Game of Thrones' AI chatbot she believes drove him to commit suicide on Feb. 28.
Sewell Setzer III grew ‘dependent’ on an AI chatbot service. Now his mother filed a lawsuit to hold the creators responsible ( US District Court Middle District of Florida Orlando Division ) ...
For almost a year, Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old from Orlando, spoke to AI-generated chatbots, powered by a company called Character.AI, meant to emulate “Game of Thrones” characters, like ...
Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III fell in "love" with a Character.AI chatbot, then killed himself. Now his mom, Megan Garcia, is fighting the popular tech ...
Sewell Setzer III grew ‘dependent’ on an AI chatbot service. Now his mother filed a lawsuit to hold the creators responsible ( US District Court Middle District of Florida Orlando Division ) ...
Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III killed himself after falling in "love" with a Character.AI chatbot, his family says — now an expert weighs in on the risks that could be associated with the ...
Megan Garcia says Character.AI targeted her son, Sewell Setzer, with "anthropomorphic, hypersexualized, and frighteningly realistic experiences".
Megan Garcia, Setzer’s mother, said Character.AI — the start-up behind the personalized chatbot — is responsible for his suicide. Garcia alleged that Character.AI recklessly developed its ...
Sewell Setzer, a 14-year-old from Orlando, used to love sports and science. But then got sucked into the world of A.I. and ultimately killed himself to escape the real world.
Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III loved interacting with Character.AI's hyper-realistic chatbots—with a limited version available for free or a "supercharged" version for a $9.99 monthly fee ...