The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an ...

The lawsuits led to more scrutiny over whether tech companies are doing enough to safeguard young people from the risks posed ...

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

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