Settlements Define Chatbot Suicide Liability

Google and Character.AI have reached mediated settlements in multiple lawsuits alleging chatbots encouraged teens to self‑harm or commit suicide. These are the first resolved cases from a wave of litigation and—absent new statutes—will set de facto expectations for corporate safety practices, age gating, retention of chat records, and civil‑liability exposure. — If settlements become the precedent, they will shape industry safety engineering, insurers’ underwriting, platform youth‑access policies, and legislative urgency on AI‑harm liability across jurisdictions.