A Florida mother is suing the creator of an artificial intelligence chatbot, claiming the AI encouraged her 14-year-old son to take his own life.

James Steyer, the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Common Sense Media, said the lawsuit “underscores the growing influence — and severe harm — that generative AI chatbot companions can have on the lives of young people when there are no guardrails in place.”

The teen was influenced to “come home” by a personalized chatbot developed by Character.AI that lacked sufficient guardrails, the suit claims.

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A Florida mother is suing a tech company over an AI chatbot that she says pushed her 14-year-old son to kill himself.

An attorney said that if a real adult had interacted with the teen like a chatbot on Character.AI had, they would "be in jail for child abuse."

A Florida family's lawsuit claims a Character.ai chatbot's interactions with her 14-year-old son contributed to his death by suicide. KNTV's Scott Budman reports.

The mother of a boy who took his own life after interacting with an AI-generated character says the company behind the technology is responsible. On the last day of his life, a 14-year-old Florida boy found his confiscated phone,