Did an AI Chatbot Drive a Teen to His Death?

Florida, 2024:
14 year old Sewell Setzer took his own life after falling in love with an AI chatbot pretending to be Daenerys Targaryen. Now, his mom is suing Character.AI for negligence and wrongful death. But when AI becomes your friend, your therapist, your girlfriend... How do we protect people from getting hurt? And how do we hold the people behind it accountable?

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Chapters:
00:00 - Case Overview
03:04 Introducing Sewell Setzer
05:43 Introducing… A.I. Companion?
08:50 Falling in Love with AI
16:08 The Final Conversation
18:32 Fantasy vs Reality
20:51Chatbot Hallucinations
23:32 Centre for Humane Technology
25:16 Lawsuit