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Mothers say chatbots encouraged their sons to kill themselves

gnabgib

Related (same people) 2024 Mother's lawsuit says AI chatbot led teen to kill himself (4 points, 4 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41932485

2025 A mother suing Google and a chatbot site over her son's suicide (6 points) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43447196

ChrisArchitect

Related CNN edition a few days ago:

Parents say ChatGPT encouraged son to kill himself

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45845709

Big NYT feature on the Garcia case too:

Teen in love with chatbot killed himself – can the chatbot be held responsible?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/magazine/character-ai-cha...

(https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45701134)