Startup Character.AI announced Wednesday it would eliminate chat capabilities for users under 18, a policy shift that follows ...

After teen suicides drew the attention of lawsuits and lawmakers, the artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI ...

The US will weigh a ban on children’s access to companion bots, as two senators announced bipartisan legislation Tuesday that ...

Startup Character.AI announced Wednesday it would eliminate chat capabilities for users under 18, a policy shift that follows ...

Senators introduce GUARD Act to protect minors from AI chatbots after parents testify about teen suicides, violence allegedly ...

Following months of lawsuits and regulatory heat, Character.AI will ban minors from its open-ended chat feature.

Setzer felt like he'd fallen in love with Daenerys, and many of their interactions were sexually explicit. The chatbot allegedly role-played numerous sexual encounters with Setzer, using graphic ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Central Florida mother joined one of the United States’ biggest political stages Tuesday to share a deeply personal story: how her son, with the encouragement of an AI chatbot, ...

In his final days, investigators found, Sewell had been exchanging messages with a chatbot modeled after Daenerys Targaryen ...

Those were the last messages exchanged by 14-year-old Sewell Setzer and the chatbot he developed a romantic relationship with ...

The team behind Character.ai announced that it will soon restrict access to open chats for underage users as part of a new ...

OpenAI won't be the first to try to profit from sexualized AI. Sexual content was a top draw for AI tools almost as soon as the boom in AI-generated imagery and words erupted in 2022.