Independence fire captain burned saving disabled man reunites with care team
Burn patients reunited with their care team Thursday evening for an emotional reunion at Research Medical Center’s Grossman ...
Teen’s suicide turns mother against Google, AI chatbot startup
The case over the tragedy is an early test of who is legally to blame when kids' interactions with generative AI take an ...
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Following Teen Suicide, Character.AI Gives Parents Info on Their Kids' Activity
A new 'Parental Insights' feature will send parents or guardians a weekly email summarizing their teens’ activity, though it ...
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Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide
According to Megan Garcia's litigation team, at least four chatbots bearing Sewell Setzer III's name and likeness were flagged. Ars reviewed chat logs showing the bots used Setzer's real photo as ...
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A mother suing Google and a chatbot site over her son’s suicide found AI versions of her late son on the site
Lawyers for Garcia told Fortune they were "horrified" by the latest development. Megan Garcia is currently embroiled in a lengthy legal case against Google and an AI chatbot startup after her 14 ...
Character.AI launches parental supervision feature
Character.AI, a leading chatbot platform facing lawsuits related to youth safety issues, introduced a new supervision tool ...
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Did Google Test an Experimental AI on Kids, With Tragic Results?
Partway through our conversation, Megan Garcia pauses to take a call. She exchanges a few words with the caller and hangs up. In a soft voice, she explains that the call was from school ...
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Teen’s Suicide Turns Mother Against Google, AI Chatbot Startup
(Bloomberg) -- 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 ...