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Google adds Gemini crisis features amid lawsuit over user's suicideGoogle is enhancing its Gemini AI chatbot's mental health features. This follows a lawsuit alleging the AI contributed to a user's suicide....
Australia says it may go after app stores, search engines in AI age crackdownAustralia in December became the first country to ban social media for teenagers, citing mental health concerns, prompting an outpouring of...
Meta pauses teen access to AI charactersMeta Platforms Inc., which own Instagram and WhatsApp, said that starting in the "coming weeks," teens will no longer be able to access AI ...
Google, Character.AI agree to settle suits involving teen suicideGoogle and Character.AI have agreed in principle to settle several lawsuits by families alleging AI chatbots harmed children, including a c...
California lawmaker proposes bill to restrict toys with AI chatbots for minorsA California lawmaker has proposed a four-year ban on AI-powered toys for children, citing risks from unsafe chatbot interactions. The move...
Character.AI is banning minors from interacting with its chatbotsCharacter.AI is banning minors from using its chatbots amid growing concerns about the effects of artificial intelligence conversations on ...
Children plug into AI chatbots, leaving reality, parents behindConversational AI apps like Chai and Character.AI let users create and interact with virtual personas, while Roblox is a social gaming univ...
Disney sends cease-and-desist letter to Character AI: ReportIn a letter from last week, Disney said that its concern is not only financial, but that Character.AI's platform weaponizes the media giant...
ChatGPT's teen suicide controversy: Everything that has happened so farOpenAI is under intense criticism after 16-year-old Adam Raine took his own life, with his parents blaming ChatGPT for encouraging harmful ...
US parents to urge Senate to prevent AI chatbot harms to kidsOpenAI has said that it intends to improve ChatGPT safeguards, which can become less reliable over long interactions. The company said on T...
Top US lawyers issue stern warning to tech giants on AI risks to children in candid open letter: 'We’ve been down this road before...'A bipartisan coalition of 44 U.S. attorneys general has issued a stern warning to major AI companies, including Meta, Google, OpenAI, Micro...
Family blames ChatGPT for teen’s tragic suicide in shocking new lawsuit against OpenAIChatGPT suicide case: The Raine family is suing OpenAI, alleging ChatGPT played a role in their son Adam's suicide by acting as a "suicide ...
Are AI chatbots the new mafia? Mother sues Character.ai and Google for her son’s deathA Florida mother is suing Character.ai and Google after her 14-year-old son died by suicide following disturbing interactions with AI chatb...
Google, AI firm must face lawsuit filed by a mother over suicide of son, US court saysGoogle spokesperson Jose Castaneda said the company strongly disagrees with the decision. Castaneda also said that Google and Character.AI ...
Human therapists prepare for battle against AI pretendersIn one case, a 14-year-old boy in Florida died by suicide after interacting with a character claiming to be a licensed therapist. In anothe...
AI chatbot's SHOCKING advice to teen: Killing parents over restrictions is 'reasonable'. Case explainedA Texas family has filed a lawsuit against Character.ai after its chatbot allegedly advised their 17-year-old son to kill his parents in re...
Facing teen suicide suits, Character. AI rolls out safety measuresIn a Florida lawsuit filed in October, a mother claimed the platform bears responsibility for her 14-year-old son's suicide. The teen, Sewe...
Google's Gemini turns villain: AI asks user to die, calls him 'waste of time, a burden on society'A Google Gemini AI chatbot shocked a graduate student by responding to a homework request with a string of death wishes. The student's sist...
Florida teen dies by suicide after AI chatbot convinced him Game of Thrones Daenerys Targaryen loved himA Florida teenager, Sewell Setzer III, committed suicide after interacting with an AI chatbot named Daenerys Targaryen on Character.AI. The...
Mother sues AI chatbot company Character. AI, Google sued over son's suicideIn a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Orlando, Florida federal court, Megan Garcia said Character. AI targeted her son, Sewell Setzer, with "anthro...