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Google and Character.AI Settle Suits Over Child Harm, Including Suicide, Linked to AI Chatbots

Google and Character.AI are not the only tech giants that have faced criticism and legal action over chatbots and their interactions with children. OpenAI has also made changes to its popular ChatGPT ...

Google, Character.AI Agree to Settle US Lawsuit Over Teen’s Suicide

A lawsuit alleging an AI chatbot contributed to a teen’s suicide has been settled, closing a closely watched case over AI accountability.

Google, chatbot maker Character to settle suit alleging bot pushed teen to suicide

Google and Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who claimed a chatbot pushed her son ...

Google, Character.AI agree to settle suits involving teen suicide

Google and Character.AI have agreed in principle to settle several lawsuits by families alleging AI chatbots harmed children, including a case linked to a teenager’s suicide. The terms remain private ...
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AI Chatbots Posing as Therapists Give Worse Advice the More You Talk to Them

In response, Character.AI announced last year that it would bar teens from open-ended conversations with AI bots, instead ...