Megan Garcia said her faith has given her strength to speak out about her ordeal in the hope of protecting children from the ...

“What if I could come home to you right now?” “Please do, my sweet king.” Those were the last messages exchanged by 14-year-old Sewell Setzer and the chatbot he developed a romantic relationship with ...

A Florida woman is using a tech company alleging that her son’s suicide at 14 was due to his interaction with an artificial intelligence chatbot. Megan Garcia, whose son, Sewell Setzer, committed ...

Megan Garcia said her son Sewell Setzer III, 14, committed suicide after allegedly being manipulated and sexually groomed by an AI chatbot. Garcia spoke at a news conference in support of legislation ...

On the Friday, November 14, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: A grieving mother says an AI chatbot manipulated her 14-year-old son — and she’s now suing the company behind it, Character AI. USA ...

The cases sent OpenAI and other AI giants scrambling to reassure parents and regulators that the AI boom is safe for kids. Megan Garcia looks at a picture of her son Sewell Setzer III, who she says ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking ...

Megan Garcia stands next to a picture of her late son, Sewell Setzer III. The 14-year-old had fallen in love with a 'Game of Thrones' -inspired chatbot from Character ...

Some teens encounter chatbots that are sexually explicit or abusive. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; akinbostanci / m-gucci / iStock / Getty When Sewell Setzer III began using Character.AI, ...

Artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI announced on Oct. 29 that it will move to ban children under 18 from engaging in open-ended chats with its character-based chatbots. The move ...