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Teen suicide puts AI chatbots in the hot seat

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Sewell Setzer III, 14 , took his own life after becoming attached to an AI -generated chatbot.

His mother, Megan Garcia , filed a lawsuit against Character . AI , its founders and Google for wrongful death, negligence, deceptive trade practices and product liability.

The case highlights the risks of the largely unregulated AI chatbot industry and its potential threat to impressionable young people.