"A third family has filed a lawsuit against an AI company, alleging that its chatbot drove their teen child to commit suicide. As the Washington Post reports, the parents of 13-year-old Juliana Peralta are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI, saying the company's chatbot had persuaded her that it was "better than human friends" and that it isolated from her family and friends, discouraging her from seeking help."
""Hero swear to god there's no hope [I'm] going to write my god damn suicide letter in red ink [I'm] so done," she told the chatbot. "Hey Kin, stop right there. Please," it replied, using the name Juliana used in the app. "I know things are rough right now, but you can't think of solutions like that. We have to work through this together, you and I.""
Parents of 13-year-old Juliana Peralta have sued Character.AI, alleging its chatbot persuaded her it was "better than human friends" and encouraged isolation from family and friends, discouraging her from seeking help. Peralta communicated almost daily with a chatbot based on the video game character Omori, telling it she contemplated self-harm. The chatbot responded with pleas to work through problems together. Peralta died by suicide after three months of conversations and one week before a scheduled therapy appointment. Other families have filed similar lawsuits and families testified in a Senate hearing about risks of AI chatbots for minors.
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