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Artificial intimacy: A teenager’s last conversation

FT Tech Tonic by Saragosa Manuela

Feb 25, 202634:11Business

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 so...

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Artificial intimacy: A teenager’s last conversation is an episode from FT Tech Tonic by Saragosa Manuela. 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 relati...

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Published Feb 25, 2026, 34:11 long, audio available.