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Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide

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Character.AI takes down bots bearing likeness of boy at center of lawsuit.

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Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide

Character.AI takes down bots bearing likeness of boy at center of lawsuit.

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Google-Backed Chatbot Platform Caught Hosting AI Impersonations of 14-Year-Old User Who Died by Suicide

Character.AI, the Google-backed chatbot startup embroiled in two separate lawsuits over the welfare of minor users, was caught hosting at least four publicly-facing impersonations of Sewell Setzer III — the 14-year-old user of the platform who died by suicide after engaging extensively with Character.AI bots, and whose death is at the heart of one of the two lawsuits against the company. The chatbot impersonations use variations of Setzer's name…

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