The AI chatbot was more than a digital companion for Sewell—it became a friend he could talk to about his life, problems, and emotions. According to a New York Times report, while some conversations ...

The teen was influenced to “come home” by a personalized chatbot developed by Character.AI that lacked sufficient guardrails, the suit claims.

Sewell Setzer isolated himself from the real world to speak to clone of Daenerys Targaryen dozens of times a day ...

A Florida mom has filed a lawsuit against Character.AI, an artificial intelligence company, alleging that one of its chatbots ...

The mom says her son became dependent on an AI chatbot that made the 14-year-old feel like he was in a real relationship, one time asking the teen about suicide.

Fourteen-year-old Sewell Setzer III was desperately in love. He'd only been messaging 'Dany' for a few months, but that was ...