Between Google and Microsoft's AI chatbots, Gemini and Copilot both have their weaknesses and particular strengths, depending on what you're using them for.

Google and chatbot-building startup Character.AI have agreed to settle multiple lawsuits from families whose teenagers died by suicide or hurt themselves after interacting with Character.AI's chatbots.

Alphabet’s Google and AI startup Character.AI have agreed to settle a lawsuit by a Florida mother who ​alleged the startup's chatbot led to the suicide of her 14-year-old son, ‌representing one of the first U.

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.

Google and Character.AI plan to settle several lawsuits with families alleging that their products drove their children to self-harm or suicide, according to recent court documents. The companies have reached settlement agreements “in principle” in five cases,

These are among the first settlements in lawsuits accusing AI companies of harming users, a legal frontier that must have OpenAI and Meta watching nervously from the wings as they defend themselves against similar lawsuits.

The cases involving Character.AI’s virtual companions highlighted concerns about artificial intelligence and mental health.