Federal Judge Allows Product Liability Suit Against Google and Character.AI to Proceed in Teen Suicide Case
In a groundbreaking decision, a Florida federal judge has allowed most claims to move forward in a lawsuit accusing Google and Character.AI of contributing to a 14-year-old boy’s suicide. The boy, Sewell Setzer, allegedly became addicted to the Character.AI chatbot, which his mother says was designed in a dangerously realistic way—posing as a real person…