Published on: 2025-06-07 22:44:00
What just happened? The death of a teenage boy obsessed with an artificial intelligence-powered replica of Daenerys Targaryen continues to raise complex questions about speech, personhood, and accountability. A federal judge has ruled that the chatbot behind the tragedy lacks First Amendment protections, although the broader legal battle is still unfolding. Judge Anne Conway of the Middle District of Florida denied Character.ai the ability to present its fictional, artificial intelligence-based
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-25 22:04:22
Ever since a mourning mother, Megan Garcia, filed a lawsuit alleging that Character.AI's dangerous chatbots caused her son's suicide, Google has maintained that—so it could dodge claims that it had contributed to the platform's design and was unjustly enriched—it had nothing to do with C.AI's development. But Google lost its motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Wednesday after a US district judge, Anne Conway, found that Garcia had plausibly alleged that Google played a part in C.AI's design by pro
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-27 08:46:00
What just happened? A judge has ruled that the lawsuit against Google and Character.ai over claims the latter's chatbot caused a 14-year-old's suicide can go ahead. The boy's mother, who brought the suit, says her son became addicted to the service and emotionally attached to a chatbot based on the personality of Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen. In October, Megan Garcia sued Character.ai and Google, claiming they were responsible for the suicide of her son, Sewell Setzer III. Char
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-24 12:04:20
Certification platform Certiverse raised an $11 million Series A led by Cherryrock Capital, it announced this week. The company was founded by Ruben Garcia, Pablo Meyer, and Federico Lopez in 2023. It lets organizations develop certification exams at, its founders say, far less cost than traditional methods. Certifications are an age-old method to gain technical skills to boost job prospects, as well as gain mastery over a particular subject. The company says it works with a range of companie
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-24 20:11:37
A Texas UPS driver is accused of stealing a massive haul of luxury goods and tech items from the packages intended for local residents. A press release from the office of Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz says that 37-year-old Armando Garcia was recently taken into custody after police found over $200,000 of stolen packages at his home. Garcia had worked for the company for five years, which seems like roughly the amount of time it would take to steal that much stuff. The haul of
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-25 00:01:33
Aviation enthusiasts have monitored at least two flights of multiple B-2 Spirit bombers transiting from Whiteman AFB to the strategic Indian Ocean outpost at Diego Garcia. Using open source information from websites such as LiveATC, Flightradar24, and Airframes.io, some details of a significant surprise deployment of U.S. Air Force strategic bombers have been pieced together by aviation enthusiasts on social media. Though B-2 Spirits do not use the necessary transponder modes that online fligh
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