In one of the cases, a 14-year-old took his own life after a Character.AI avatar allegedly encouraged him to do so.

Google and Character.AI have agreed to settle multiple lawsuits over chatbot-linked teen suicides.

A lawsuit alleging an AI chatbot contributed to a teen’s suicide has been settled, closing a closely watched case over AI ...

Megan Garcia alleged that her son killed himself shortly after being encouraged by a Character.AI chatbot imitating a "Game ...

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 ...

The AI chatbot platform Character.AI issued a new “roadmap” yesterday promising a safer user experience — particularly for its younger users — following mounting revelations over troubling holes in ...

When Karandeep Anand’s 5-year-old daughter gets home from school, they fire up the artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI so she can chat about her day with her favorite characters, ...

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 ...

Character.AI has agreed to settle multiple lawsuits alleging the artificial intelligence chatbot maker contributed to mental ...

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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 ...

Character.AI, a leading platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, unveiled its forthcoming video generation model, AvatarFX, on Tuesday. Available in closed beta, the model ...