Google and artificial intelligence startup ‘Character.AI’ will be sued in the case of suicide of a 14-year-old boy. The court has approved it. In February 2024, a boy named Sewell Setzer committed suicide after interacting with an AI powered chatbot. It is alleged that the boy regularly talked to the AI version of Daenerys Targaryen, a character from the popular show ‘Game of Thrones’ and fell in love with her. After this, the boy’s mother Megan Garcia filed a lawsuit against both the companies in October 2024. Character.AI is an artificial intelligence platform that allows users to create characters ranging from fictional personalities to fake historical personalities and interact with them digitally. How did Sewell reach suicide? The lawyer said – this historic decision While hearing the case, District Judge Anne Conway allowed the prosecution of both the companies. On the court’s decision, Garcia’s (boy’s mother) lawyer Mitali Jain said that the court’s decision to sue the companies is historic. This decision will determine legal accountability for AI and the tech ecosystem. The lawyer said that Google has helped Character.AI in creating this technology. Character.AI was created in 2021 by two engineers, Noam Shazir and Daniel de Freitas, who had left Google. Later, both of them joined Google again under a deal. Google said – not involved in this, the court did not agree Character.AI and Google requested the court to dismiss the case by giving several arguments. But the court did not give them relief. The court also rejected Google’s petition in which Google had said that it was not involved in this misconduct of Character.AI. Google said – Disagree with the court’s decision Google spokesperson Jose Castaneda said, ‘The company completely disagrees with this decision of the court. Google and Character.AI are completely separate and Google did not create, design or manage the Character.AI app or any of its components.’ Character.AI has been created by two former Google engineers. Whom Google later rehired under a deal to license startup technology. Character.AI said – We will fight The company will continue to fight in this matter and will implement safety features on its platform to protect minors. In which measures will also be taken to prevent conversations like self-harm. —————————— Read this news too… To make money, a backup plan is necessary like Agent Hunt: Success will be achieved with a long term perspective, learn smart money management from the team of Mission Impossible Recently released Hollywood star Tom Cruise’s film Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning is being liked by the audience. This is the 8th film in the Mission Impossible series. But do you know that this action-packed film not only entertains, but also gives some important lessons for your financial life? Read full news…
