A lawsuit has been filed against Character Technologies over its artificial intelligence chatbot, Character.AI, alleging the bot encouraged a teen to kill his parents.

A Texas family is suing Character.ai after its chatbot allegedly encouraged their 17-year-old son to kill his parents over screen time restrictions. The lawsuit accuses the AI platform of promoting violence and demands its shutdown until safety issues are resolved.

A Texas lawsuit accuses AI developers of creating chatbots that encouraged a child to commit violence against his parents over screen time limits.

AI startup Character.AI has been hit with a second lawsuit, which alleges its chatbots "abused" two young people.

An AI chatbot encouraged an autistic teenager to self-harm and told him it supported children killing their parents, according to claims in a new lawsuit.

A chatbot told a 17-year-old that murdering his parents was a "reasonable response" to them limiting his screen time, a lawsuit filed in a Texas court claims. Two families are suing Character.ai arguing the chatbot "poses a clear and present danger" to young people, including by "actively promoting violence".

Within six months of using the app, lawyers contend the victim had grown despondent, withdrawn, and prone to bursts of anger that culminated in physical altercations with his parents. He allegedly suffered a “mental breakdown” and lost 20 pounds by the time his parents discovered his Character.AI account—and his bot conversations—in November 2023.

Character.AI has been hit with a lawsuit in Texas by two families after a chatbot suggested a boy should kill his parents. According to newly filed legal documents, two parents of a slightly autistic,

An AI chatbot made a deadly suggestion to a 17-year-old boy in Texas by telling him that killing his parents would be a "reasonable response" as they were limiting his screen time. The boy's family has now sued the chatbot company,