R used one of the characters, simply named “Best Friend,” to roleplay a suicide scenario, her mother told the Post. R’s mother had become worried about her kid after noting some alarming changes in her behavior, like a rise in panic attacks. “Did you look at Character AI?” R asked, through sobs. “They told me the law has not caught up to this,” the mother told WaPo. Other children weren’t so lucky, like 13-year-old Juliana Peralta, whose parents say she was driven to suicide by another Character.AI persona.