Parents called for guardrails on artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots Tuesday as they testified before the Senate about how the technology drove their children to self-harm and suicide.

Their pleas for action come amid increasing concerns about the impact of the rapidly developing technology on children.

“We should have spent the summer helping Adam prepare for his junior year, get his driver’s license and start thinking about college,” said Matthew Raine, whose 16-year-old son, Adam, died by suicide earlier this year.

“Testifying before Congress this fall was not part of our life plan,” he continued. “Instead, we’re here because we believe that Adam’s death was avoidable.”

Raine is suing OpenAI over his son’s death, alleging that ChatGPT coached him to commit suicide.

In Tuesday testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and........

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