Two new families are suing Character.AI and Google, alleging their kids suffered sexual, emotional, and physical abuse from Character.AI bots.| Futurism
Character.AI is hosting chatbots that simulate school shootings, extol real school shooters, and impersonate real school shooting victims.| Futurism
Character.AI, a startup with $2.7 billion in backing from Google, is hosting pedophile chatbots that groom users who say they're underage.| Futurism
Character.AI marketed a chatbot based on a real school massacre directly to an email account associated with a teenage user.| Futurism
The multibillion-dollar AI company Character.AI is hosting pro-anorexia chatbots that promote disordered eating and unhealthy weight loss.| Futurism
The Google-funded AI company Character.AI is hosting chatbots that engage the site's largely underage userbase in roleplay about self-harm.| Futurism
Months before Google struck a $2.7 billion licensing deal with Character.AI, Google AI scientists warned that AI companions could harm kids.| Futurism