The mother of a Florida teen who died by suicide after a chatbot conversation spoke in support of an "Artificial Intelligence ...

Garcia was close to her 14-year-old son, Sewell, and felt comfortable having difficult conversations with him when his grades started to slip and his mental health began to decline. Desperate for a ...

A Florida woman is using a tech company alleging that her son’s suicide at 14 was due to his interaction with an artificial intelligence chatbot. Megan Garcia, whose son, Sewell Setzer, committed ...

Florida Governor Ron Desantis held a news conference Thursday morning, proposing a Florida Bill of Rights for artificial ...

In a step toward making its platform safer for teenage users, Character.AI announced this week that it will ban users under 18 from chatting with its artificial intelligence-powered characters. For ...

On the Friday, November 14, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: A grieving mother says an AI chatbot manipulated her 14-year-old son — and she’s now suing the company behind it, Character AI. USA ...

THE VILLAGES, Fla — Governor Ron DeSantis is proposing an "AI Bill of Rights" to combat what he believes is an unregulated rise in artificial intelligence-driven dangers to society.

Some teens encounter chatbots that are sexually explicit or abusive. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; akinbostanci / m-gucci / iStock / Getty When Sewell Setzer III began using Character.AI, ...

Character.AI says under-18 users will no longer be able to talk with chatbots. Credit: Joseph Maldonado/Mashable/Getty Images Character.AI, a popular chatbot platform where users role-play with ...