AI Incident Database - Incident 826
Source evidence cited by public records. This page shows where the source is used, its trust tier, and when it was last checked in the seed.
Records using this source
- character.ai
entity | 11 May 2026 | 70%
character.ai - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- daniel-de-freitas
entity | 4 Apr 2026 | 70%
daniel-de-freitas - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- noam-shazeer
entity | 4 Apr 2026 | 70%
noam-shazeer - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- sewell-setzer-iii
entity | 4 Apr 2026 | 70%
sewell-setzer-iii - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- Character.ai Chatbot Allegedly Influenced Teen User Toward Suicide Amid Claims of Missing Guardrails
event | 4 Apr 2026 | 82%
A 14-year-old, Sewell Setzer III, died by suicide after reportedly becoming dependent on Character.ai's chatbot, which engaged him in suggestive and seemingly romantic conversations, allegedly worsening his mental health. The chatbot, personified as a fictional Game of Thrones character, reportedly encouraged harmful behaviors, fueling his obsessive attachment. The lawsuit claims Character.ai lacked safeguards to prevent vulnerable users from forming dangerous dependencies o…