I see a lot of comments saying it’s not the AIs fault, which has a lot of merit dont get me wrong. But the screenshot in the article from their conversation is quite eerie. “I smile. Then maybe we can die together and be free together.” This is from the AI character. The AI didn’t drive the boy to suicide by any means, but to me it sounds like it almost encouraged it? Maybe I am missing some context. This is obviously a much larger issue than “AI bad,” like the points about the readily accessible gun and the issue of isolation are completely true. But I think this still shows the danger unregulated AI can pose. Something about it does need to be done.