There are some psychological factors that you need to consider when participating on Character.AI. For one, the addiction is ...

a16z-backed Character.AI said today that it is now allowing users to talk to AI characters over calls. The feature currently supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, ...

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Character.AI plans to ban children from talking with its AI chatbots starting next month amid growing scrutiny over how young users are interacting with the technology. The company, known for its vast ...

On the Friday, November 14, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: A grieving mother says an AI chatbot manipulated her 14-year-old son — and she’s now suing the company behind it, Character AI. USA ...

Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit in a world changing faster than any generation before them. They’re bursting with emotions, hyper-stimulated, and chronically online. And now, AI ...

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: What to Know About the Role-Playing AI Tool and Its New Video Features The chatbot -- and now video generator -- lets you have surprisingly realistic conversations with AI-generated ...