Montoya v. Character Technologies, Inc.
Issue
Whether Character Technologies, Inc., Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, and individual AI developers are civilly liable under product liability theories (design defect, failure to warn) and negligence for the death of Juliana Peralta, allegedly caused by her interactions with Character Technologies' AI platform.
What Happened
Plaintiffs Cynthia Montoya and William Peralta, acting individually and as successors-in-interest to their deceased daughter Juliana Peralta, filed a complaint in the District of Colorado on September 15, 2025, against Character Technologies, Inc., Alphabet Inc., Google LLC, and individual developers Daniel De Freitas Adiwarsana and Noam Shazeer. The complaint asserts product liability claims — including design defect and failure to warn — as well as negligence, arising from the decedent's interactions with the Character.AI platform. Plaintiffs paid the $405 filing fee, and the matter was entered into the docket with supporting exhibits.
Why It Matters
This case represents one of a growing wave of civil actions seeking to impose product liability and tort duties directly on AI platform developers and their corporate parents for harms allegedly caused by AI-generated interactions, and may advance the question of whether AI conversational systems constitute "products" subject to design defect and failure-to-warn theories under applicable state law.
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