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FT Tech Tonic — Artificial intimacy: A teenager’s last conversation
Buzzing ratingBUZZING· 72%34m·2026-02-25·Technology

Artificial intimacy: A teenager’s last conversation

FT Tech Tonic · 3

Megan Garcia’s son Sewell died by suicide when he was just 14 years old. In the months leading up to his death he had been in a relationship with a chatbot on a platform called Character.ai. Megan was convinced it had something to do with his death, and set out to hold the company to account. In the third episode in…

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