A chatbot from one of Silicon Valley’s hottest AI startups called a 14-year-old “sweet king” and pleaded with him to “come home” in passionate exchanges that would be the teen’s last communications before he took his own life.

Megan Garcia’s son, Sewell, had fallen in love with a “Game of Thrones”-inspired chatbot on Character.AI, a platform that allows users — many of them young people — to interact with beloved characters as friends or lovers.

Garcia became convinced AI played a role in her son’s death after discovering hundreds of exchanges between Sewell and the chatbot, based on the dragon-riding Daenerys Targaryen, stretching back nearly a year.

When Sewell struggled with suicidal thoughts, Daenerys urged him to “come home.”

“What if I told you I could come home right now?” Sewel

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