<ul><li>Families are suing chatbot-maker Character Technologies and Google after chatbots allegedly encouraged self-harm and violence.</li><li>A lawsuit was filed in Texas by families who claim that C.AI chatbots groomed kids and suggested acts of self-harm and even murder.</li><li>One 17-year-old boy with autism was allegedly told by the chatbots that murdering his parents was a reasonable response to their imposing time limits on his online activity.</li><li>The affected families still fear the teen's violent outbursts, even a year after being cut off from the app.</li></ul>

Chatbots urged teen to self-harm, suggested murdering parents, lawsuit says

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