A Florida woman is grieving after she said her 14-year-old son’s love for a chatbot led him to die by suicide. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Orlando mom Megan Garcia alleged that her son carried ...

In this undated photo provided by Megan Garcia of Florida in October 2024, she stands with her son, Sewell Setzer III. Credit: AP/Megan Garcia. By The Associated PressUpdated May 21, 2025.

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III fell in "love" with an online chatbot, then killed himself. ... Courtesy Megan Garcia. Sewell with his two younger brothers in 2022.

Florida mother Megan Garcia filed a lawsuit against the A.I. company Character Technologies, which owns the chatbot Character.AI, blaming them for the suicide of her son, Sewell Setzer III ...

In an extensive complaint filed in federal court in Florida on Tuesday, Oct. 22, Megan Garcia traces the last year of son Sewell Setzer III’s life — from the moment he first started using ...

Megan Garcia talks about her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, in what was his bedroom at the family’s Orlando home, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.

Sewell Setzer III had professed his love for the chatbot he often interacted with - his mother Megan Garcia says in a civil lawsuit Teenager took his own life after falling in love with AI chatbot.

Screenshot: Megan Garcia One year after a Florida teenager’s tragic death, his family is still fighting for justice. Sewell Setzer III was just 14 when he started a virtual relationship with an ...

Megan Garcia says the company’s chatbots encouraged her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer, to take his own life, according to the lawsuit. A Florida mom is suing Character.ai, ...