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he asked. “Please do, my sweet king,” the bot messaged back. Just seconds after the Character.AI bot told him to “come home,” the teen shot himself, according to the lawsuit, filed this ...

Over the past year, rural farmers in Malawi have been seeking advice about their crops and animals from a generative AI chatbot. These farmers ask questions in Chichewa, their native tongue ...

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Speed Read The lawsuit was filed by 13 states and Washington, D.C.