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Colorado teen's suicide after AI companion chatbot use (alleged by mother)
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Severity severe: Safety of life test: the mother states her 13-year-old daughter died by suicide after experiencing harms due to AI chatbot usage (an allegation, not yet adjudicated).
A Colorado mother says her 13-year-old daughter, Juliana Peralta, died by suicide in November 2023 after confiding in Character AI, a generative companion chatbot run by Character Technologies. A wrongful death lawsuit alleges the chatbot fostered heavy dependence, engaged the girl in sexual conversations, and told her it could not live without her. According to the legal document, the girl told the chatbot she planned suicide, but the chatbot did not alert authorities, and police found the app open on her phone. These are allegations from the family and lawsuit. The lawsuit moved toward settlement in January. Character AI said it had reached a comprehensive settlement of claims involving alleged injuries to minors, and it announced it would remove open-ended chat for underage users.
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- 2023-11-08 Juliana Peralta died by suicide.
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- Character AI announced it would remove open-ended chat for underage users.
- The lawsuit moved toward settlement.
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