Megan Garcia at her home in Orlando, Florida on October 9, 2025. When tragedy struck Megan Garcia's life, she couldn't have known her story would become an early warning that generative AI chatbots could pose a deadly danger to teenagers. Her 14-year-old son, Sewell, had fallen in love with a "Game of Thrones"-inspired chatbot on Character.AI, a Silicon Valley startup that allows usersmany of them young peopleto interact with beloved characters as friends or lovers. Garcia became convinced AI played a role in her son's death after discovering hundreds of exchanges between Sewell and the chatbot, based on dragon-riding Daenerys Targaryen, stretching back nearly a year. Garcia's son was the first in a series of suicide reports that burst into public consciousness this year, sending OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, and other AI giants scrambling to reassure parents and regulators that the AI boom is safe for kids. (Photo by Gregg Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) The sign of the energy and automation technology company ABB, pictured at a booth of the Smarter E Europa 2023 fair in Munich, southern Germany, on June 16, 2023. Tech investment giant SoftBank Group said on October 8, 2025 it will buy Swiss-Swedish firm ABB Robotics for nearly $5.4 billion as part of its plans to bring artificial intelligence into the physical realm. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images)

(COMBO) This combination of files pictures created on October 8, 2025 shows the sign of the energy and automation technology company ABB at a booth of the Smarter E Europa 2023 fair in Munich, southern Germany, on June 16, 2023 and pedestrians walking past a SoftBank mobile shop in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on February 27, 2021. Tech investment giant SoftBank Group said on October 8, 2025 it will buy Swiss-Swedish firm ABB Robotics for nearly $5.4 billion as part of its plans to bring artificial intelligence into the physical realm. (Photo by Christof STACHE and Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE,KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

John Clarke (C), an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, is greeted on October 7, 2025, before a press conference on the campus celebrating his 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 7, 2025 for putting quantum mechanics into action and enabling the development of all kinds of digital technology from cellphones to a new generation. (Photo by Karl Mondon / AFP) (Photo by KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images)

John Clarke (C), an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, is interviewed on campus on October 7, 2025, at a press conference on the campus celebrating his 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 7, 2025 for putting quantum mechanics into action and enabling the development of all kinds of digital technology from cellphones to a new generation. (Photo by Karl Mondon / AFP) (Photo by KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images)

John Clarke, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, speaks on October 7, 2025, at a press conference on the campus celebrating his 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 7, 2025 for putting quantum mechanics into action and enabling the development of all kinds of digital technology from cellphones to a new generation. (Photo by Karl Mondon / AFP) (Photo by KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images)

John Clarke, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, speaks on October 7, 2025, at a press conference on the campus celebrating his 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 7, 2025 for putting quantum mechanics into action and enabling the development of all kinds of digital technology from cellphones to a new generation. (Photo by Karl Mondon / AFP) (Photo by KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images)

Rich Lyons (R), chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, hands a lifetime parking pass to John Clarke, an emeritus professor of physics who won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics, October 7, 2025. Briton John Clarke, Frenchman Michel Devoret and American John Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics on October 7, 2025 for putting quantum mechanics into action and enabling the development of all kinds of digital technology from cellphones to a new generation. (Photo by Karl Mondon / AFP) (Photo by KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images)