Teen's Deadly AI Chatbot Love Story

Medicine Hat, Canada, 2006. When police discover three members of the Richardson family murdered inside their home, one person is mysteriously missing: their 12-year-old daughter, Jasmine.At first, there are fears that Jasmine has been taken by whoever killed her family. But with ...  Show more

Atlanta, Georgia, 2014: 26-year-old mother Angela Rabotte heads out for the night after dropping her 3-year-old daughter off with a friend. By the following morning, she has vanished.Angela was last seen around 6am in an apartment complex parking lot, and as the days pass with no ...  Show more

Are Character Bots Safe for Kids and Teens? Kathy and Jim discuss the tragic case of a 14-year-old who took his own life after "falling in love" with an AI Character Bot.

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The parents of a 16-year-old boy who died by suicide are suing OpenAI, claiming its ChatGPT chatbot helped their son research suicide methods. The suit also names CEO Sam Altman and marks the first wrongful-death case filed directly against the company. Host Yasmin Vossoughian ...

Note: This episode contains mentions of suicide.

This week, how Elon Musk became a main character in this year’s election, and what that means for the future of tech and of the country. Plus, the journalist Laurie Segall joins us to discuss the tragic case ...

Eugenia Kuyda thinks she can solve an “epidemic” of loneliness. Her app, Replika, is “the AI companion who cares”, a chatbot that can text you, flirt with you, and promises to love you unconditionally.  But Replika is fraught with ethical concerns – and risks. In 2021 19-year-old ...  Show more