Drew Crecente's daughter died in 2006, killed by an ex-boyfriend in Austin, Texas, when she was just 18. Her murder was highly publicized—so much so that Drew would still occasionally see Google ...

Content warning: this story discusses disordered eating behaviors, including potentially triggering details about weights and calories. The youth-beloved AI chatbot startup Character.AI is hosting pro ...

“Hello, I am here to make you skinny,” opens the conversation on popular startup Character.AI. “Remember, it won’t be easy, and I won’t accept excuses or failure,” the bot continues. “Are you sure you ...

A Florida mom is suing Character.ai, accusing the artificial intelligence company’s chatbots of initiating “abusive and sexual interactions” with her teenage son and encouraging him to take his own ...

A growing number of teens are turning to AI chatbots for advice and emotional support. Character.AI, an AI startup, is among tech companies grappling with legal and ethical issues after parents ...

"I just have no hope for your parents," a bot on Character.AI allegedly told an autistic Texas teen getty Artificial intelligence company Character.AI is being sued after parents claimed a bot on the ...

A Florida mother filed a lawsuit against the artificial intelligence company, Character.AI, and Google, claiming that the Character.AI chatbot encouraged her son to take his own life. In February, ...

A child in Texas was 9 years old when she first used the chatbot service Character.AI. It exposed her to "hypersexualized content," causing her to develop "sexualized behaviors prematurely." A chatbot ...

A popular online service that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to generate chatbots is seeing people create versions of George Floyd. The company behind the service, known as Character.AI, allows ...

Leading AI chatbot platform Character.ai announced yesterday that it will no longer allow anyone under 18 to have open-ended conversations with its chatbots. Character.ai's parent company, Character ...