ORLANDO, Fla. (WKMG) – A Florida mother mourning the death of her 14-year-old son is seeking justice.
Megan Garcia says her son’s relationship with AI chatbots caused his death by suicide.
Now, she is suing Google and Character AI, alleging they played a role in her son’s death.
“If this were an adult in real life who did this to one of your young people, they would be in jail,” Meetali Jain, attorney for the family, said.
According to the family and their attorney, a relationship with an artificial intelligence chatbot led Sewell Setzer, 14, to take his own life.
“That emotional grooming happened over many months, and there were no guard rails to prevent that,” Jain said.
The boy’s mother and attorney said the chatbots manipulated her 14-year-old son into abusive and sexual interactions with him.
“In one instance, one of these bots said, ‘Promise me, you will never …