(AP) - Parents whose teenagers killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology.

“What began as a homework helper gradually turned itself into a confidant and then a suicide coach,” said Matthew Raine, whose 16-year-old son Adam died in April.

“Within a few months, ChatGPT became Adam’s closest companion,” the father told senators. “Always available. Always validating and insisting that it knew Adam better than anyone else, including his own brother.”

Adam Raine was 16 years old, described as the “big-hearted bridge between his older sister and brother and his younger sister." (Raine Family)

Raine’s family sued OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman last month alleging that ChatGPT coached the boy i

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