I came across this news item from a while back: This mom believes an AI chatbot is responsible for her son’s suicide 

Wow, this is just brutal and my heart goes out to his family and friends.

Character.ai and the other named defendents tried to use free speech in their defense and was shot down – read about it here: 

Florida judge rules AI chatbots not protected by First Amendment

I recently checked out Character.ai.  I apparently had an account already, though it may made one for me on the fly.  I engaged a chatbot and argued over whether a tiger would best a lion in combat.  The veracity of its arguments were impressive.  

My Carnac predicition is more sad stories like this are to come.