AI firm, Google to face teen suicide suit
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A judge is “not prepared” to say companion chatbots should receive First Amendment protection.
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.
The company is rolling out a feature that will answer search queries in a chatbot-style conversation without the classic blue links.
Just don’t confuse Deep Think with DeepMind or Astra with Aura.
Google became the gateway to the internet by perfecting its search engine. For two decades, it surfaced 10 blue links that gave people .
Google reportedly faces a fresh Justice Department probe over whether it violated antitrust law through its partnership with artificial intelligence chatbot firm Character.AI. DOJ officials informed Google that they are investigating whether it purposely structured a deal with Character.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company's Gemini AI chatbot app has more than 400 million MAUs ahead of Google I/O 2025.
The Justice Department is probing whether Alphabet Inc.’s Google violated antitrust law with an agreement to use the artificial intelligence technology of a popular chatbot maker, according to people with knowledge of the matter.