Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In total, there are 17 character posters, giving us the best looks yet at characters like Akuma, ...

Stories with visual elements and a choose-your-adventure vibe are the first new feature to replace open-ended conversations. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy ...

Meta AI, Google Gemini, OpenAI ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot now have eerily human voices. WSJ’s Joanna Stern strapped the AI bots to a tripod and took them to a cabin in the woods to test their ...

After months of waiting, director Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” has finally arrived. The Oscar winner’s first film since 2022’s “Pinocchio” hits Netflix this week, following several previous ...

In a step toward making its platform safer for teenage users, Character.AI announced this week that it will ban users under 18 from chatting with its artificial intelligence-powered characters. For ...

Character.AI, known for bots that impersonate characters like Harry Potter, said Wednesday it will ban teens from using the chat function following lawsuits that blamed explicit chats on the app for ...

Those under 18 will still be able to access AI-generated content with their favorite characters, but not free-wheeling conversations. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home ...

The AI chatbot service Character.ai announced on Wednesday that it plans to gradually scale back the ability of users under the age of 18 to interact with digital personalities, and eventually cut ...

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The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves. By Natallie Rocha and Kashmir Hill Natallie ...