Character.ai will ban children under age 18 from having “open-ended chats” with its chatbots, the company said in a blog post on Wednesday, a change that comes as the AI company faces bipartisan ...

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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 ...

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, ...

Character.AI said it will soon shut off the ability for minors to have free-ranging conversations, including romantic dialogues, with the startup's AI chatbots. Starting Wednesday, the company will ...

Last week, the embattled chatbot platform Character.AI said that it would move to ban minors from conversing with its many thousands of AI companion and roleplay bots. Site users, including ...

Character.AI says under-18 users will no longer be able to talk with chatbots. Credit: Joseph Maldonado/Mashable/Getty Images Character.AI, a popular chatbot platform where users role-play with ...

Families of teens who'd used Character.AI and died by suicide sought to hold the platform accountable. Credit: SOPA Images / Contributor / Light Rocket / Getty Images Character.AI and Google have ...