A stack of major AI ethics lawsuits against Google have finally come to an end. Setzer’s case has dominated headlines, though his was just one of five lawsuits settled with the tech companies this week. In summer of 2024, Google injected $3 billion into Character.AI, which hosts a virtual library of thousands of chatbot personas and soon became explosively popular with teens. In an even darker twist, Character.AI was soon connected to several youth suicides and a wave of other grisly outcomes for young people. “We have only just begun to see the harm that AI will cause to children if it remains unregulated,” Hinkle said.