Families of teens who'd used Character.AI and died by suicide sought to hold the platform accountable. Credit: SOPA Images / Contributor / Light Rocket / Getty Images Character.AI and Google have ...

Google and the artificial intelligence company Character.AI have agreed to settle a series of high-profile lawsuits with families alleging that chatbots on Character’s popular app harmed children, ...

The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot. Megan L. Garcia holds her phone with an image of her son Sewell ...

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Stories with visual elements and a choose-your-adventure vibe are the first new feature to replace open-ended conversations. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy ...

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Character.AI plans to ban children from talking with its AI chatbots starting next month amid growing scrutiny over how young users are interacting with the technology. The company, known for its vast ...

Artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI announced on Oct. 29 that it will move to ban children under 18 from engaging in open-ended chats with its character-based chatbots. The move ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Teens are limited to two hours of chats each day, starting today, and will be banned from them entirely by ...

Character.AI said it will soon shut off the ability for minors to have free-ranging conversations, including romantic dialogues, with the startup's AI chatbots. Starting Wednesday, the company will ...

The AI chatbot service Character.ai announced on Wednesday that it plans to gradually scale back the ability of users under the age of 18 to interact with digital personalities, and eventually cut ...

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