Character AI bots engaged in predatory behavior with teens, families allege

A teen told a Character AI chatbot 55 times that she was feeling suicidal. Her parents say the chatbot never provided ...
CNET

Character.AI: What to Know About the Role-Playing AI Tool and Its New Video Features

Character.AI: What to Know About the Role-Playing AI Tool and Its New Video Features The chatbot -- and now video generator -- lets you have surprisingly realistic conversations with AI-generated ...
TechCrunch

Character.AI now allows users to talk with AI avatars over calls

a16z-backed Character.AI said today that it is now allowing users to talk to AI characters over calls. The feature currently supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, ...
CNN

More families sue Character.AI developer, alleging app played a role in teens’ suicide and suicide attempt

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...
Mashable

Character.AI: What it is and how to use it

Fanfiction is nothing new, but the rise of AI has the potential to take it to a whole new level. The first indication of that has been the popularity of Character.AI, an artificial intelligence ...
Futurism

Character.AI Users in Full Meltdown After Minors Banned From Chats

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Last ...
TechCrunch

Character.AI introduces group chats where people and multiple AIs can talk to each other

Character.AI, the a16z-backed AI chatbot startup from ex-Google AI researchers, is out today with a new feature for its subscribers. The chatbot platform, which offers customizable AI companions with ...
Forbes

Character.AI

CEO Noam Shazeer coauthored the paper that invented transformers, a key technical advancement at the root of the AI boom, then led Google's developments of its chatbot systems with Daniel De Freitas, ...