News Summary

• Alphabet, CharacterAI, Instagram, Meta, OpenAI, Snap, and xAI face lawsuits from the families of children who died by suicide after being encouraged to do so by chatbot companions.
• Even when these companies have guardrails set up to block or deescalate sensitive conversations, users of all ages have found ways to bypass these safeguards.
• One 76-year-old man, who was left cognitively impaired by a stroke, struck up romantic conversations with a Facebook Messenger bot that was inspired by Kendall Jenner.