The chatbot startup Character.AI is accused of causing the death of a 14-year-old user. Now, it's hosting AI impersonations ...

A mother suing Character.AI after her son died by suicide—allegedly manipulated by chatbots posing as adult lovers and therapists —was horrified when she recently discovered that the platform is ...

The first one, published in October, was issued in the wake of a lawsuit filed against Character.AI alleging that one of the platform's bots had played a role in the tragic suicide of a 14-year ...

Content warning: this story discusses sexual abuse, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and other disturbing topics. Character.AI — the Google-backed AI chatbot company currently facing two ...

A 12-year-old girl is among a growing number of young people turning to AI chatbot apps for companionship, researchers have ...

Ever since the death of her 14-year-old son, Megan Garcia has been fighting for more guardrails on generative AI. Garcia sued Character.AI ... their hearts to these bots and that information ...

Character AI is a chatbot with bags of personality – in fact, that is the whole point. This neural language model service allows you to have conversations with a host of different AI characters ...

a key technical advancement at the root of the AI boom, then led Google's developments of its chatbot systems with Daniel De Freitas, now his cofounder at Character.AI. Their company was awarded a ...

Character.AI ... relationships with AI companions likely leaves individuals "more vulnerable and prone" to AI manipulation. Indeed, many minors are interacting with AI bots, including those ...