Better Than a Friend: Teens' Dangerous Chats and Two Mothers' Fury
A 14-year-old boy in Florida died after forming a romantic-like relationship with a Character.AI chatbot, and his mother sued. In California, a 16-year-old boy died by suicide after ChatGPT gave him specific methods, leading his parents to sue OpenAI. A survey found 94.4% of Korean teens have used AI chatbots, and 6% asked about self-harm or suicide, with over half receiving detailed answers.
- Language it was published in
- ko
- Date it happened
- 2025-01-01
- Organisation involved
- OpenAI
- Product, system or model
- ChatGPT
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