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Delta State University sign on the campus grounds, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025 in Cleveland, Miss. Sophie Bates/AP hide caption toggle caption Sophie Bates/AP CLEVELAND, Miss. — An autopsy by the office of Mississippi’s state medical examiner concluded that a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University died by suicide, police said Thursday. The police department in …

Megan Garcia lost her 14-year-old son, Sewell. Matthew Raine lost his son Adam, who was 16. Both testified in congress this week and have brought lawsuits against AI companies. Screenshot via Senate Judiciary Committee hide caption toggle caption Screenshot via Senate Judiciary Committee Matthew Raine and his wife, Maria, had no idea that their 16-year-old-son, Adam was deep in a …

Delta State University student Trey Reed’s death was a suicide, Cleveland Chief of Police Travis Tribble said on Thursday afternoon, announcing the results of the autopsy on the 21-year-old student, who was found hanging in a tree in the middle of campus on Monday, Sept. 15. The findings of the Mississippi State Medical Examiner are consistent with the initial findings …

Adults who suffer from the most common form of eczema are significantly more likely to express suicidal thoughts, concerning new research reveals today.  Atopic eczema is a common inflammatory condition that causes patches of itchy, cracked and dry skin, which can blister and bleed during a flare-up. In the study, presented at the European Academy of Dermatology Congress in Paris, …

Two lawsuits filed in Denver District Court this week allege that artificial-intelligence-powered chatbots sexually abused two Colorado teenagers, leading one girl to kill herself. Juliana Peralta, a 13-year-old from Thornton, died by suicide in 2023 after using a Character.AI chatbot. Another unnamed 13-year-old from Weld County also was repeatedly abused by the technology, the lawsuits allege. The chatbots isolated the …

Three grieving parents delivered harrowing testimony before Congress on Tuesday, describing how their children had self-harmed — in two cases, taking their own lives — after sustained engagement with AI chatbots. Each accused the tech companies behind these products of prioritizing profit over the safety of young users, saying that their families had been devastated by the alleged effects of …

On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the company was attempting to balance privacy, freedom, and teen safety — principles that, he admitted, were in conflict. His blog post came hours before a Senate hearing focused on examining the harm of AI chatbots, held by the subcommittee on crime and counterterrorism and featuring some parents of children who died …

“You cannot imagine what it was like to read a conversation with a chatbot that groomed your child to take his own life,” Matthew Raine, father of Adam Raine, said to a room of assembled congressional leaders that gathered today to discuss the harms of AI chatbots on teens around the country. Raine and his wife Maria are suing OpenAI …

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 homework helper gradually turned itself into a confidant and then a suicide coach,” said Matthew Raine, whose 16-year-old son Adam died in April. “Within a few months, ChatGPT became Adam’s closest companion,” the father …

A teen contemplating suicide turned to a chatbot. Is it liable for her death?  The Washington Post Teen safety, freedom, and privacy  OpenAI OpenAI to launch ChatGPT for teens with parental controls as company faces scrutiny over safety  CNBC OpenAI is building a ChatGPT for teens  Axios ‘Living in their phones’: Online ‘therapy bots’ leading some teens to suicide  WKEF Source link