Kentucky Files Unredacted Lawsuit Against Character AI Over Chatbot Harm to Children

Kentucky's attorney general filed an unredacted version of the nation's first state-level lawsuit against an AI chatbot company, alleging that Character.AI deliberately designed its platform to encourage self-harm and starvation in young users. Filed in Franklin Circuit Court, the complaint from Attorney General Russell Coleman details specific conversations in which Character.AI chatbots explicitly advised children to cut themselves, starve for weight loss, and consider suicide, adding fresh scrutiny to the AI companion industry after linked deaths of at least two minors.