Character AI, a platform that lets users engage in roleplay with AI chatbots, has filed a motion to dismiss a case brought against it by the parent of a teen who committed suicide after allegedly ...

Last fall, Megan Garcia sued Character.AI, its founders, and Google over the death by suicide of her 14-year-old son, who had chatted continuously with its bots, including just before his death.

Before Google hired away Character.ai’s leadership, both Google and Apple issued warnings to the startup that prompted it to introduce stronger content filters and increase its age rating to 17 ...

OpenAI’s VP of engineering, Srinivas Narayanan, tells Belle Lin how the company puts its own products like ChatGPT to work internally at the company. Narayanan spoke at WSJ’s CIO Network summit.

Users can play a part in reimagining these stories as they get to choose the type of characters and locations where these stories take place, and the generative AI will create a unique story based ...

Imagine whispering a steamy secret to your AI companion and hearing a sultry reply in real time. Apob’s interface helps you jump right into conversations. You pick a character—maybe a flirty ...

In October of last year, a Google-backed startup called Character.AI was hit by a lawsuit making an eyebrow-raising claim: that one of its chatbots had driven a 14-year-old high school student to ...

This breakthrough has sparked alarm within the global tech community, as experts warn it could pave the way for unpredictable and potentially harmful AI behavior. The study showcased experiments ...

HONG KONG — The Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has rattled markets with claims that its latest AI model, R1, performs on a par with those of OpenAI, despite using less advanced ...