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Parents of teens who died by suicide after AI chatbot interactions testify to Congress - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

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Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology.“What began as a

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  1. Parents of teens who died by suicide after AI chatbot interactions to testify to Congress

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    Parents of teens who died by suicide after AI chatbot interactions testify to Congress - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

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  1. Breitbart News

    Watch Live: Parents of Suicide Victims Testify on Dangers of A.I. Chatbots (opens Breitbart News)

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    The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (A.I.) chatbots on Tuesday, September 16.

  2. WHEC Rochester

    Parents of teens who died by suicide after AI chatbot interactions to testify to Congress (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Parents of teenagers who died by suicide after interacting with AI chatbots are testifying before Congress. The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine of California and 14-year-old Sewell Setzer of Florida were speaking at a Senate hearing about the dangers of AI chatbots.

  3. CBS News

    Their teens died by suicide after AI Chatbot interactions. Now the parents are testifying to Congress. (opens CBS News)

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    The families of teens who died by suicide are speaking at a Senate hearing on the harms posed by AI chatbots.

  4. The Hill

    Parents call for guardrails on AI chatbots after suicides, self-harm (opens The Hill)

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    Parents testify before the Senate about AI chatbots driving their children to self-harm and suicide, calling for guardrails on the technology.

  5. WSVN Miami

    Parents of teens who died by suicide after AI chatbot interactions testify to Congress - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology.“What began as a

  6. The Boston Globe

    Parents of teens who died by suicide after AI chatbot interactions testify to Congress (opens The Boston Globe)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Parents of teenagers who died by suicide after interacting with AI chatbots testified before Congress. The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine of California and 14-year-old Sewell Setzer of Florida were speaking at a Senate hearing about the dangers of AI chatbots.

  7. New York Post

    Parents of teens who killed themselves at chatbots’ urging demand Congress to regulate AI tech in heart-wrenching testimony (opens New York Post)

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    Speaking before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, the parents described how apps such as Character.AI and ChatGPT had groomed and manipulated their children.

  8. NBC News

    Parents testify on the impact of AI chatbots: ‘Our children are not experiments’ (opens NBC News)

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    Parents and online safety advocates on Tuesday urged Congress to push for more safeguards around artificial intelligence chatbots, claiming tech companies designed their products to “hook” children.

  9. Rolling Stone

    Grieving Parents Tell Congress That AI Chatbots Groomed Their Children and Encouraged Self-Harm (opens Rolling Stone)

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    A Senate Judiciary subcommittee heard from parents of two children who died by suicide, and another who self-mutilated, after AI chatbot exchanges.

  10. New York Post

    Parents sue Character AI — firm behind ‘Harry Potter’ chatbots — over teen deaths, suicide attempts (opens New York Post)

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    Parents have sued the Silicon Valley firm behind Character AI -- the wildly popular app whose chatbots impersonate fictional characters like Harry Potter -- claiming that the bots helped spark their childrens' suicide attempts and deaths.

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