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,

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.

Sewell Setzer III from Orlando, USA, tragically passed away. The boy was involved in an emotional relationship with a chatbot. His mother holds the tech company behind Character.ai responsible for her son's fate.