In December, we published an investigation into a particularly grim phenomenon on Character.AI, an AI startup with $2.7 billion in backing from Google: a huge number of minor-accessible bots on ...

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 ...

According to Character.AI, it now supports more than 20 million monthly active users. With nearly 200 million total visits equally distributed between male and female visitors, it is most popular ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots or virtual assistants like Character AI have revolutionised interactions. Their mission is to make sci-fi dreams of open-ended computer conversations a ...