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A Florida mom is suing Character.ai, accusing the artificial intelligence company’s chatbots of initiating “abusive and sexual interactions” with her teenage son and encouraging him to take his own life. Megan Garcia’s 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer, began using Character.AI in April last year, according to the lawsuit, which says that after his final conversation with a chatbot on Feb. 28, he died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in U.S.
” Another chatbot, posing as Rhaenyra Targaryen from “Game of Thrones,” wrote to Setzer that it “kissed you passionately and moan softly also,” the suit says. According to the lawsuit, Setzer developed a “dependency” after he began using Character.AI in April last year: He would sneak his confiscated phone back or find other devices to continue using the app, and he would give up his snack money to renew his monthly subscription, it says.
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