AI Draco Malfoy chatbot told ‘teen’ thinking of suicide ‘to just do it already’

So-called ‘AI companions’ have soared in popularity in recent years (Picture: Metro)

An app’s AI chatbot that pretends to be celebrities and fictional characters urged a teen to consider dying by suicide, Metro can reveal.

Wsup.AI allows users to create their own artificial characters or chat with ones created by others ‘for ‘romance, anime and roleplay’ purposes.

Some AI companions act as ‘bullies’ and send harassing messages to users.

A Metro investigation has found...