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Florida teen commits suicide after AI chatbot convinced him Game of Thrones Daenerys Targaryen loved him

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Florida teen commits suicide after AI chatbot convinced him Game of Thrones Daenerys Targaryen loved him

A 14-year-old Florida boy, Sewell Setzer III, tragically died by suicide after months of communicating with an AI chatbot from the app Character.AI. His final message to the chatbot, named Daenerys Targaryen, was, “What if I told you I could come home right now?” Shortly after, he took his life with his stepfather’s handgun in … Read more

Google spends Rs 23,000 crore to bring back former AI employee, sparks overspending debate in AI race

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Google spends Rs 23,000 crore to bring back former AI employee, sparks overspending debate in AI race

Google has made a significant investment in the artificial intelligence sector, acquiring Character.AI for $2.7 billion in 2023. The deal marks the return of Noam Shazeer, a pioneer in AI who co-founded the company, back to Google after leaving in 2021. Shazeer, now appointed as a vice president at Google, will lead the company’s next-generation … Read more