California lawmakers introduced SB 243 after a teen’s suicide, aiming to regulate AI chatbots and prevent future harm to vulnerable young users.

A woman whose teen son died by suicide after troubling interactions with AI chatbots is pushing back against a ten-year ban ...

Megan Garcia, a Florida mother whose oldest child, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide after extensive ...

Proposals to install ChatGPT into a range of toys including Barbie dolls have sparked alarm from experts who branded it a ...

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." ...

The legislation shows how California lawmakers are trying to address concerns raised by parents about their children's use of AI chatbots.

Megan Garcia, the mother of Sewell Setzer III, claims Character.ai targeted her son with "anthropomorphic, hypersexualized, and frighteningly realistic experiences" in a lawsuit filed in Florida.

A mother who claims her 14-year-old son Sewell Setzer III was sexually abused and driven to suicide by an AI chatbot has secured a major victory in her ongoing legal case.

Garcia believes that Character.AI is responsible for the death of her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, who died by suicide in February this year.

Megan Garcia stands with her son, Sewell Setzer III. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Garcia’s lawsuit over her teen son’s suicide can move forward, rejecting for now arguments by an ...