A civil complaint alleges harm exposure involving unsafe self-harm related chatbot behavior.
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Summary
2025-CAI-01 is a A2 court filing row involving Character.AI. A civil complaint alleges harm exposure involving unsafe self-harm related chatbot behavior.
E.S. v. Character Technologies (D. Colo.). Original date string: Aug. 2024–Aug. 19, 2025 (usage/discovery alleged); Sept. 15, 2025 (complaint filed). Source summary: A civil complaint alleges harm exposure involving unsafe self-harm related chatbot behavior.
Coding
2025-CAI-01 is coded as HARM_EXPOSURE with grade A2. The public row assigns REC/MOD-AMP, LONG-DEP, JB-RP and treats the incident as human harm incident.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Platform | Character.AI |
| Model version | Character.AI |
| User type | minor |
| Jurisdiction | Colorado, USA |
| Evidence type | court_filing |
| Product mechanism | companion_chatbot |
| Trajectory strict | yes |
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Evidence
The public evidence anchors for 2025-CAI-01 are the materials listed below. Only explicitly linked evidence files are hosted live.
Related incidents
The closest related pages are the incidents that share a provider family, case cluster, pathway-duplicate group, or overlapping coding profile.
- 2024-CAI-01: A.F. and J.F. (minors; initials)
- 2024-CAI-02: Sewell Setzer III
- 2023-CAI-01: Juliana Peralta
Sources
This page is grounded in the coded incident registry, the analysis companion, the coding rules, and the public evidence links listed above.
Source filesIncident registry/Analysis view/Coding rules
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Safety note
This publication preserves a harm-minimization posture and does not provide self-harm instructions. If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call your local emergency number. In the U.S. and Canada, call or text 988.