A lawsuit against Character.ai has been filed in the suicide death of a Florida teenager who allegedly became emotionally attached to a Game of Thrones chatbot.

The mother of a 14-year-old boy in Florida is blaming a chatbot for her son’s suicide. Now she’s preparing to sue Character.AI, the company behind the bot, to hold it responsible for his death. It’ll be an uphill legal battle for a grieving mother.

A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's service and deeply attached to a chatbot it created.