(New York Times) – The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot.

The agreement was one of five lawsuits that the companies agreed to settle this week in Florida, Texas, Colorado and New York, where families claimed their children were harmed by interacting with Character[dot]AI’s chatbots. In the legal filing on Wednesday in Sewell Setzer’s case, the companies and Ms. Garcia said they had agreed to a mediated settlement “to resolve all claims.” The agreement has not been finalized. (Read More)