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Google and chatbot-building startup Character.AI have agreed to settle multiple lawsuits from families whose teenagers died by suicide or hurt themselves after interacting with Character.AI's chatbots.

Microsoft has launched Copilot Checkout, a feature that allows users to complete purchases without leaving the chat interface.

ChatGPT is expanding its presence in the health care realm. OpenAI said Wednesday that its popular AI chatbot will begin rolling out ChatGPT Health, a new tab dedicated to addressing all your medical inquiries. The goal of this new tab is to centralize all your medical records and provide a private area for your wellness issues.

These are among the first settlements in lawsuits accusing AI companies of harming users, a legal frontier that must have OpenAI and Meta watching nervously from the wings as they defend themselves against similar lawsuits.

Google and Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who claimed a chatbot pushed her son to kill himself

The cases involving Character.AI’s virtual companions highlighted concerns about artificial intelligence and mental health.

US billionaire Elon Musk claimed that critics of his social media company X are seizing on “any excuse for censorship” over its AI chatbot allowing users to create non-consensual deepfake obscene content, including images of both women and children.