Suicide
Leading AI company to ban kids from long chats with its bots amid growing concern about the technology
Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking minors from having “open-ended” conversations with its virtual characters.The major change comes as the...
Gov. Newsom signs AI safety bill aimed at protecting children from chatbots
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill into law that aims to make artificial-intelligence-powered chatbots safer despite some pushback from the tech industry.The legislation, Senate Bill 243,...
ChatGPT pulled teen into a ‘dark and hopeless place’ before he took his life, lawsuit against OpenAI alleges
Adam Raine, a California teenager, used ChatGPT to find answers about everything, including his schoolwork as well as his interests in music, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Japanese comics.But his conversations...
PICTURED: First Photo of Idaho Gunman Wess Roley Who Shot Dead Two Firefighters Emerges as Cops Still Unclear If He Committed Suicide
The sniper who shot dead two firefighters in Idaho was identified by officials on Monday as Wess Roley, 20, as a chilling photo of his staring menacingly into the...
Billy Joel Details Multiple Suicide Attempts After Affair With Friend’s Wife
Content warning: This article includes mention of suicide. Billy Joel is reflecting on a dark chapter in his life. In his latest Billy Joel: And So It Goes documentary, the “Piano Man” singer...
North Carolina Man Admits to Killing Wife, Staging Crime Scene to Make it Look Like She Committed Suicide Because Their Dog Recently Died
A Morrisville man accused of killing his wife pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder on Monday and was sentenced to 13 to 16 years in prison.A...
Four Cote d’Ivoire Men Arrested Over Involvement in Sextortion Scam that Led San Francisco Teen to Suicide
Four men in Côte d'Ivoire have been arrested in connection with an international "sextortion" scheme that targeted minors, including a 17-year-old from the San Francisco Bay area who died...
Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Virginia Giuffre’s Father Doubts She Died by Suicide
Content warning: This story discusses suicide and sexual abuse. Some people who knew Virginia Giuffre are casting doubts over her cause of death. Three days after members of Giuffre's...
Virginia Giuffre Didn’t Commit Suicide? Lawyer of Jeffrey Epstein’s Victim Casts Doubt on Her Death Saying There Is ‘Big Question Mark On it’
A lawyer representing Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre — who died by suicide at her home in Australia — has raised doubts about the circumstances of her death, saying,...