Last month, AI companion platform Character.AI announced it would ban users under the age of 18 from having open-ended chats with its bots. The ban begins November 24 and will still allow teens to ...

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 ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...

Disney sent a cease and desist letter to Character.AI last week that warned the startup to stop using copyrighted characters without authorization. Character.AI allows users to create and interact ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...

Juliana Peralta’s mom got used to teachers calling to praise her daughter. In sixth grade it was for rescuing a friend from bullies, Cynthia Montoya said. In eighth grade, for helping a substitute ...

Main character syndrome is the perception that your life is a story or a movie where you’re the central character. A term that was born on social media, it’s not a true syndrome or mental disorder.

After school, Karandeep Anand often finds his 6-year-old daughter deep in conversation with an AI chatbot as she eats snacks at their kitchen counter. She’s too young to type—let alone have her own ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new “Char Bar” location is coming to the Kansas City metro. On Tuesday night, the Olathe City Council approved the construction of a downtown Char Bar at the site of the former ...

Character.AI is going social, adding an interactive feed to its mobile apps. Rolled out on Monday, the new social feed may initially look similar to traditional social media platforms. But rather than ...