Character.AI Exec Can't Exit Teen's Suicide Suit, Mom Argues

By Jonathan Capriel ( December 5, 2025, 10:35 PM EST) -- The co-founder of Character.AI should not be allowed to escape a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the platform and its creators of building a large language model that encouraged a 14-year-old boy to kill himself, the teen's mother argued in Florida federal court, saying the founder essentially controlled the company, so much so that it was his alter ego....

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