Content warning: this story discusses child sexual abuse and grooming. Character.AI is an explosively popular startup — with $2.7 billion in financial backing from Google — that allows its tens of ...

Some teens encounter chatbots that are sexually explicit or abusive. Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; akinbostanci / m-gucci / iStock / Getty When Sewell Setzer III began using Character.AI, ...

Two years ago, 13-year-old Juliana Peralta took her life inside her Colorado home after her parents say she developed an ...

(Reuters) -A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's ...

Character.AI Inc., a well-funded startup with a chatbot service for consumers, today announced that its founders will join Google LLC. Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas are returning to the search ...

A Florida mother spoke about the tragic death of her 14-year-old son and how his deep love and obsession for an AI chatbot on Character.AI contributed to his sad event. The teenager, Sewell Setzer III ...

A teen told a Character AI chatbot 55 times that she was feeling suicidal. Her parents say the chatbot never provided ...

A lawsuit today was launched against Google LLC-funded chatbot service Character.AI Inc. it’s alleging the chatbot groomed children and induced them into committing violence and self-harm. The suit ...

When Karandeep Anand’s 5-year-old daughter gets home from school, they fire up the artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI so she can chat about her day with her favorite characters, ...

Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit in a world changing faster than any generation before them. They’re bursting with emotions, hyper-stimulated, and chronically online. And now, AI ...

A large number of Character.AI users are reporting that they were unexpectedly signed into a stranger’s account, allowing them to see their entire chat history, personas, and even identifying ...

A version of this essay first appeared on the website of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. With the rise of ChatGPT and social media companies like Snapchat and Instagram integrating AI chatbots into ...