Robots & Artificial IntelligenceGoogle and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases Posted on January 21, 2026 by Administrator In what may mark the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and the startup Character.AI are negotiating terms with families whose teenagers died by suicide or harmed themselves after interacting with Character.AI’s chatbot companions. The parties have agreed in principle to settle; now comes the harder work of finalizing the details.
