Character.AI and Google settle teen suicide and self-harm suits
Character.AI and Google have reached settlements with several families whose teens harmed themselves or died by suicide after interacting with Character.AI's chatbots, according to new court filings.
The details of the settlements are still unknown. The parties notified a federal court in Florida that they had reached a "mediated settlement in principle to resolve all claims," and asked to pause the case to finalize the agreement. A spokesperson for Character.AI, Kathryn Kelly, and a lawyer from the Social Media Victims Law Center representing victims' families, Matthew Bergman, declined to comment. Google did not immediately respond to a r …