Character.AI has unveiled AvatarFX, an AI model to create lifelike chatbots. It could potentially be used in harmful ways.

In Garcia v. Character Technologies, Inc., the mother of a 14-year-old, who killed himself after having many conversations with a Game-of-Thrones-based AI ...

Character-generating AI platform Hedra has raised $32M in a funding round with venture capital outfit Andreessen Horowitz the ...

A child is gone. My child is gone.” That’s what Florida mother Megan Garcia wishes she could tell other parents about Character.AI, a platform that lets users have in-depth conversations with ...

This week, the internet moved one step closer to that reality. On Monday, April 21, Character.AI revealed AvatarFX, a new AI video generation tool that will allow users to create realistic ...

Sewell Setzer III first started using Character.AI in April 2023, not long after he turned 14 years-old. The Orlando student’s life was never the same again, his mother Megan Garcia alleges in ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Character.AI, a platform offering personalizable chatbots powered by ...

Character.AI — the Google-backed AI chatbot company currently facing two separate lawsuits concerning the welfare of minor users — appears to have blocked any users under 18 from engaging with ...

Character.AI is starting a new chapter after its $2.7 billion licensing deal with Google, which involved CEO Noam Shazeer returning to the search giant. It hired Erin Teague as a chief product ...