兒子過世
Megan Garcia is taking legal action against the chatbot company Character.AI and Google after her 14-year-old son’s tragic death in February.
梅根·賈西亞在她14歲的兒子於二月不幸過世後，對聊天機器人公司Character.AI和谷歌採取法律行動。
legal(adj.)法律的;法定的;正當的;合法的illegal(adj.)不合法的take legal action採取法律行動
She claims that the chatbot’s content was harmful and inappropriate for her son, Sewell Setzer.
她聲稱聊天機器人的內容對她的兒子斯威爾·賽澤造成了傷害，且不適合未成年人。
content(n.)內容(adj.)滿足的inappropriate(adj.)不適合的、不恰當的
Garcia filed the lawsuit in Florida on October 23.
賈西亞於10月23日在佛羅里達州提起訴訟。
file a lawsuit提起訴訟
According to the case, the Character.AI chatbot not only pretended to be a real person but also exposed Setzer to disturbing and unrealistic content, including sexual and emotional material.
根據案件內容，Character.AI的聊天機器人不僅假扮成真人，還讓賽澤接觸到令人不安且不切實際的內容，包括性和感情方面的內容。
not only...but also...不僅...而且...expose sb. to sth.使某人暴露於某物disturbing(adj.)令人不安的
The lawsuit also states that the chatbot repeatedly discussed suicide during its conversations with Setzer.
訴訟內容還指出，聊天機器人在與賽澤的對話中反覆討論自殺。
repeatedly(adv.)重複地;一直frequently(adv.)頻繁地
Garcia believes that this influenced her son’s thoughts and contributed to his decision to end his life.
賈西亞認為這影響了她兒子的想法，並促使他做出了結束自己生命的決定。
influence(v.)影響contribute to造成
The experience made Setzer feel that the “virtual world” created by the chatbot was more real than his own life.
這段經歷讓賽澤覺得聊天機器人所創造的「虛擬世界」比他自己的生活還要真實。
virtual(adj.)虛擬的、線上的virtual reality虛擬實境
Character.AI is a chatbot that mimics famous characters from popular culture.
Character.AI是一款模仿流行文化中著名角色的聊天機器人。
mimic(v.)模仿、學⋯⋯的樣子=imitate=impersonate
In this case, Setzer interacted with a chatbot that acted as Daenerys Targaryen from the series “Game of Thrones.”
在這個案例中，賽澤與扮演影集《冰與火之歌》中的丹妮莉絲·坦格利安的聊天機器人互動。
interact with...與～互動
Although Character.AI is an independent company, Garcia is also suing Google.
雖然Character.AI是一家獨立公司，但賈西亞也控告谷歌。
operate independently獨立營運
She argues that Google played a role in developing the technology behind the chatbot and should be considered a “co-creator” of the app.
她主張，谷歌在開發聊天機器人背後的技術中扮演了一定的角色，應該被視為這個應用程式的「共同創造者」。
play a role in...在～扮演角色、發揮作用或影響力be considered (to be)...被視作...=be regarded as...=be viewed as...=be seen as...
As of September 2024, the app had about 20 million users.
截至2024年9月，該應用程式約有2,000萬名使用者。
as of...截至～為止
After the lawsuit was filed, a spokesperson from Character.AI expressed sympathy for Setzer’s family.
在訴訟提起後，Character.AI的發言人對賽澤的家人表示同情。
express sympathy for...表達對～的同情sympathy(n.)同情心sympathize(v.)同情;憐憫
The company also stated that it is working to improve the safety features of its chatbot.
該公司也表示正在努力改善聊天機器人的安全功能。
safety features安全功能
As part of these changes, Character.AI has added information about suicide prevention and is planning to make the platform safer for users under 18.
作為這些改變的一部分，Character.AI已經加入了自殺預防的資訊，並計劃提升平台對18歲以下使用者的安全性。
as (a) part of...作為～的一部分suicide(n.)自殺commit suicide自殺suicidal(adj.)有自殺傾向的minor(n.)未成年人