In the final moments before he took his own life, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III took out his phone and messaged the chatbot that had become his closest friend. For months, Sewell had become increasingly isolated from his real life as he engaged in highly sexualized conversations with the bot,

Did a relationship with an Artificial Intelligence chatbot lead 14-year old Sewell Setzer to take his own life?

A Florida mother is suing the creator of an artificial intelligence chatbot, claiming the AI encouraged her 14-year-old son to take his own life.

The mom says her son became dependent on an AI chatbot that made the 14-year-old feel like he was in a real relationship, one time asking the teen about suicide.

The teen was influenced to “come home” by a personalized chatbot developed by Character.AI that lacked sufficient guardrails, the suit claims.

A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's service and deeply attached to a chatbot it created.

The mother of a boy who took his own life after interacting with an AI-generated character says the company behind the technology is responsible. On the last day of his life, a 14-year-old Florida boy found his confiscated phone,

A Florida mother filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the artificial intelligence company Character.AI allegedly caused the suicide of her 14-year-old son.