Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III loved interacting with Character.AI's hyper-realistic chatbots—with a limited version available for free or a "supercharged" version for a $9.99 monthly fee ...

On her left sat nine lawyers representing the network of developers associated with Character Technologies, the creator of an artificial intelligence chatbot so lifelike that some users insist ...

But one fear is off the table for the time being, thanks to the epic failure of the district’s vaunted entry into the world of artificial intelligence, the chatbot called Ed. Yes — get it?

A child in Texas was 9 years old when she first used the chatbot service Character.AI. It exposed her to "hypersexualized content," causing her to develop "sexualized behaviors prematurely." ...

Megan Garcia’s suit claims Sewell Setzer III, a 14-year-old Orlando high school freshman, shot himself in the head in February 2024 after becoming obsessed with an AI chatbot named after ...

She had no idea he was having abusive, in-depth and sexual conversations with a chatbot powered by the app Character AI. Sewell Setzer III stopped sleeping and his grades tanked. He ultimately ...