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Teen Dies After Intense Bond with Character.AI Chatbot

Wednesday October 23, 2024. 04:00 PM , from Slashdot
A Florida teenager who formed a deep emotional bond with an AI chatbot took his own life after months of intense daily interactions on Character.AI, a leading AI companion platform. Sewell Setzer III, 14, exchanged his final messages with 'Dany,' an AI character based on a Game of Thrones figure, before dying by suicide on February 28. His mother, The New York Times reports, plans to file a lawsuit against Character.AI, alleging the platform's 'dangerous and untested' technology led to his death.

Character.AI, valued at $1 billion and claiming 20 million users, in response said it would implement new safety features for minors, including time limits and expanded trigger warnings for self-harm discussions. The company's head of trust and safety Jerry Ruoti said they 'take user safety very seriously.'

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https://slashdot.org/story/24/10/23/1343247/teen-dies-after-intense-bond-with-characterai-chatbot?ut...

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