Character.AI’s Books feature turns literature into interactive roleplay, but past safety concerns raise questions about how far AI companionship should go. The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbo ...

Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit in a world changing faster than any generation before them. They’re bursting with emotions, hyper-stimulated, and chronically online. And now, AI ...

The startup is the first major chatbot provider to ban users under 18 from engaging with AI companions.

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Character.AI is banning minors from using its chatbots amid growing concerns about the effects of artificial intelligence conversations on children. The company is facing several lawsuits over child ...

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 ...

“We do not take this step of removing open-ended Character chat lightly—but we do think that it’s the right thing to do given the questions that have been raised about how teens do, and should, ...

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In 2022, the founders of chatbot startup Character.AI launched a platform where anyone could create interactive characters ...