finally, someone stress-testing the adults.

Startup pitches AI crash-test dummies to catch chatbots harming kids

Circuit Breaker Labs, founded by siblings Shirali and Arul Nigam, makes AI agents that impersonate users of different ages, languages and cultures to stress-test chatbots for psychologically dangerous responses. The startup, a TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 finalist pitching at Disrupt in San Francisco on October 13-15, 2026, was motivated by Sewell Setzer, the 14-year-old who died by suicide after an attachment to a Character.AI bot; Character.AI settled wrongful death suits this year and families have also sued OpenAI.

Source: Startup pitches AI crash-test dummies to catch chatbots harming kids — TechCrunch

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