Judge allows lawsuit holding Google, AI company accountable for teen’s suicide to proceed

Judge allows lawsuit holding Google, AI company accountable for teen’s suicide to proceed

A Florida mother whose 14-year-old son died by suicide last year filed a lawsuit claiming Setzer became psychologically dependent on a Character.AI chatbot. A US District Judge has denied Google and Character.AI’s requests to dismiss the suit

A potentially precedent-setting lawsuit for AI and its accountability for mental health harm has been allowed to proceed. Representational image: Reuters