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Google-Backed Chatbot Platform Caught Hosting AI Impersonations of 14-Year-Old User Who Died by Suicide
Character.AI, the Google-backed chatbot startup embroiled in two separate lawsuits over the welfare of minor users, is ...
A mother suing Google and a chatbot site over her son’s suicide found AI versions of her late son on the site
A mother who is suing both Google and Character.ai over her 14-year-old son's death has discovered AI chatbots based on her ...
Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide
A mother suing Character.AI after her son died by suicide—allegedly manipulated by chatbots posing as adult lovers and therapists —was horrified when she recently discovered that the platform is ...
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OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional wellbeing
OpenAI says over 400 million people use ChatGPT every week. But how does interacting with it affect us? Does it make us more ...
How do you get ChatGPT to create malware strong enough to breach Google's password manager? Just play pretend.
Cybersecurity researchers were able to bypass security features on ChatGPT by roleplaying with it, getting the bot to write ...
Teen’s suicide turns mother against Google, Silicon Valley AI startup
A lawsuit over the tragedy that unfolded a year ago in central Florida is an early test of who is legally to blame when kids’ ...
Mother Suing Google & Character AI Shocked To Find AI Chatbots Of Her Late Son On Platform
Megan Garcia discovered several chatbots on Character AI's platform modelled over her deceased son who allegedly took his ...
Smart Bot for the Easy Life: ANTHBOT Introduces Genie, Ushering in New Era of Effortless Lawn Care
Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions ...
Man who looked himself up on ChatGPT was told he ‘killed his children’
AI chatbots are known to spit out erroneous information from time to time. But this latest example is shocking.
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Google faces legal battle as mother claims AI chatbot’s influence led to son’s tragic death
Megan Garcia says her son would still be alive today if it weren’t for a chatbot urging the 14-year-old to take his own life. In a lawsuit with major implications for Silicon Valley, she is seeking to ...
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Google-Backed Chatbot Platform Caught Hosting AI Impersonations of 14-Year-Old User Who Died by Suicide
The chatbot impersonations use variations of Setzer's name and likeness ... a spokesperson emphasized the company's "ongoing safety work." "Character.AI takes safety on our platform seriously ...