In this undated photo provided by Megan Garcia of Florida in October 2024, she stands with her son, Sewell Setzer III. (Courtesy Megan Garcia via AP) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The mother of a Florida boy who died by suicide in February filed a lawsuit against an artificial intelligence technology company ...

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What happens when a child stops treating a chatbot like a tool and starts treating it like a friend, confidant or romantic ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment — at least for now. The developers ...

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Garcia lost her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, to suicide in 2024 after he interacted with a Character.AI chatbot for months. He was engaging in highly sexualized conversations with a chatbot ...

Megan Garcia said her faith has given her strength to speak out about her ordeal in the hope of protecting children from the risks posed by new AI chatbots. Megan Garcia, a young mother whose son ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — 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 ...