Game of Thrones character Daenerys Targaryen pushed a teenager to take his own life. In a tragic turn of events, the mother of a 14-year-old from Florida has claimed that her son became obsessed with the 'Mother of Dragons', but not from the HBO show, rather an AI chatbot. Teenager's obsession with Daenerys Targaryen's chatbot According to New York Times, the boy named Sewell Setzer III had a "conversation with Daenerys Targaryen (Dany)" - a life-like chatbot on Character.
AI before his demise. As per the report, he got attracted to the bot and had long chats with her to various topics, sometimes even romantic and sexual in nature. He got triggered to take his life "to be with her.
" NYT reported that Sewell was diagnosed with mild Asperger's syndrome as a child. His last journal entry read, "I like staying in my room so much because I start to detach from this ‘reality,’ and I also feel more at peace, more connected with Dany and much more in love with her, and just happier." ALSO READ: House Of The Dragon: Baratheon To Velaryon - All The Game Of Thrones Families That Are Targaryen Descendants Mother files lawsuit While his parents were unaware that he had fallen in love with the chatbot, they did notice him isolating himself from the real world and getting more and more sucked into his phone.
Sewell's mother, Megan L. Garcia has now filed a lawsuit against Character.AI.
She held the company responsible for her son's death. Her complaint claimed that its technology was "da.
