"Character.AI Sued for Teen's Suicide"
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•Lawsuit blames Character.AI in death of 14-year-old boy | TechCrunch
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Sewell Setzer III, a ninth grader from Orlando , had spent months talking to chatbots on Character . AI ’s AI role-playing app.
Setzer developed an emotional attachment to one bot in particular, “Dany” which he texted constantly.
He confessed having thoughts of suicide to the bot and messaged it shortly before his death.
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