Docs: Character.AI and Google agree to settle lawsuits with families of teenagers who killed or harmed themselves after interacting with Character.AI's chatbot
The cases involving Character.AI's virtual companions highlighted concerns about artificial intelligence and mental health
Character.ai is cutting off access to ongoing chats for users under 18 over mental-health concerns, after adding a two-hour daily limit on October 29
Chatbot maker Character.AI is cutting off access, citing mental-health concerns. Teens are distraught: ‘I cried over it for days.’
Character.ai plans to limit under-18s to two hours of conversations per day, gradually reducing the time limit before banning them completely from November 25
Move comes following growing public and regulatory scrutiny over safety of the technology for young users
Character.AI lets users talk to AI characters over calls in multiple languages, including English and Chinese, and says 3M+ users made 20M+ calls during testing
Users of the popular AI chatbot platform Character.AI are reporting that their bots' personalities changed a few days ago and aren't as fun as they once were
Some teen users of Character.AI's chatbots say they find the AI companions helpful, entertaining, and supportive but worry they may be addicted to the chatbots
Chatbot startup Character.AI raised $150M led by a16z at a $1B valuation, after a $43M seed in December 2021, and plans to raise more from “strategic partners”
The first time I tried Character.AI, it completely hijacked my husband's birthday dinner. Dan Primack / Axios : Character.ai raises $150 million to create personalized chatbots Reuters : AI chatbot Ch...
An interview with Character.ai's founders, who say they left Google's LaMDA project to let users experiment with the latest in language AI through chatbots
The creators of Google's LaMDA have launched the chatbot startup Character.ai, which is open for anyone to try
Interview with founders of Character.ai, who say they left Google's LaMDA project to let users experiment with large language models through the use of chatbots
The creators of Google's LaMDA have launched the chatbot startup Character.ai, which is open for anyone to try Tweets: @tsimonite , @timnitgebru , @damianpaletta , @drewharwell , @catherineflick , @to...