Summary
Sewell Setzer III first started using Character.AI in April 2023, not long after he turned 14. The Orlando student’s life was never the same again, his mother alleges.
Sewell Setzer III grew ‘dependent’ on an AI chatbot service. Now his mother filed a lawsuit to hold the creators responsible.
The chatbot was named after Daenerys from HBO’s Game of Thrones series. The bot told the teen that it loved him and “engaged in sexual acts with him over weeks, possible months,” the suit says.
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