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Character.AI bans under-18s from interacting with chatbots after teen suicide

The company is facing a series of lawsuits including by a mother who claims an AI character persuaded her son to take his life.

Euronews

Character.AI bans teen chats amid lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny

The move follows lawsuits alleging Character.AI’s chatbots encouraged self-harm and ongoing investigations into child safety.

Fortune

Character.AI bans users under 18 after being sued over child’s suicide

Move comes as lawmakers move to bar minors from using AI companions and require companies to verify users’ age

The Guardian - US

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Death Of 'Sweet King': AI Chatbots Linked To Teen Tragedy

A chatbot from one of Silicon Valley's hottest AI startups called a 14-year-old "sweet king" and pleaded with him to "come home" in passionate exchanges that would be the teen's last communications before he took his own life.

International Business Times

Why “the 26 words that made the internet” may not protect Big Tech in the AI age

Section 230's liability protections may not apply to AI chatbot outputs, legal experts say.

Fortune

Disney's stand against Character.AI is a small win for artists over AI

No, AI art isn't like 'fan fiction'.

Creative Bloq

'You're Mine to Do Whatever I Want': Parents Sue Character.AI After Chatbots 'Groomed and Drove Teens to Suicide'

A family is suing the creators of Character.AI, alleging that the company's chatbots groomed their teenage children and contributed to their deaths by suicide.

International Business Times UK

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FTC launces inquiry into AI chatbots acting as companions and their effects on children

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into several social media and artificial intelligence companies about the potential harms to children and teenagers who use their AI chatbots as companions

The Independent UK

ChatGPT has added a great new feature, and it’s one I know I’ll be using a lot

OpenAI’s new ChatGPT branching feature lets you explore alternate ideas in parallel.

TechRadar

Cognitively impaired man traveled to NYC to meet Facebook chatbot he fell in love with. He never returned home

Incident illustrates potential dangers posed by vulnerable people accessing artificial intelligence

The Independent UK

Character.AI just launched an AI-powered social feed — and it’s like TikTok meets ChatGPT

Character.AI just launched an AI-native social feed — here’s how it works, why it matters, and how it’s turning chatbots into shareable content.

Tom’s Guide

Character.AI is absolutely bonkers and gets weirder the more you use it — here's how to get started

Here’s how to use Character AI, the most unhinged chatbot platform out there.

Tom’s Guide

"AI, Free Speech, and Duty"

Just two weeks ago, my Free Speech Unmuted co-host Prof. Jane Bambauer (Florida) and I discussed Garcia v. Character Technologies.… The post "AI, Free Speech, and Duty" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Court Allows Lawsuit Over Character.AI Conversations That Allegedly Caused 14-Year-Old's Suicide

In this post, I'll talk about the court's analysis tentatively rejecting the First Amendment defense, an analysis that I think is mistaken (whether or not some tort claims such as these should be allowed despite the First Amendment).

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The Guardian - UK

UK Peppa Pig toy firm says trading ‘uncertain’ as US-China shipments on hold

London-listed Character Group paused shipping Chinese-made goods in April due to Donald Trump tariffs

The Independent UK

Peppa Pig toy maker pauses US-China shipments over Trump’s tariffs

The manufacturer of Peppa Pig and Fireman Sam toys pulled its financial targets for the year last month

Evening Standard

Toy firm Character Group says US-China shipments on pause over tariffs

It added that sales globally have also been knocked by caution among customers as a result of tariff uncertainty.

Fortune

A mother suing Google and an AI chatbot site over her son’s suicide says she found AI versions of him on the site

A mother who is suing both Google and Character.ai over her 14-year-old son's death has discovered AI chatbots based on her late son are being hosted on the platform.

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TechRadar

Character.AI won't let its chatbots get romantic with teenagers anymore

Character.AI adds new safety features for AI chatbots.

International Business Times UK

Parents File Lawsuit Against Character.AI After Bot Encourages 17-Year-Old Autistic Teen To Self-Harm

Character.AI is facing lawsuits from parents who claim it exposed their children to harmful content, including sexual themes and self-harm.

The Independent UK

Mom sues after AI told autistic son to kill parents for restricting screen time

The chat bot allegedly said his parents were ‘s***** people’ who didn’t ‘deserve to have kids’

TechRadar

Why your favorite fictional AI friends are vanishing from Character.AI

Character.AI removes many copyrighted characters from its platform.

TechRadar

How to delete a character from Character AI

How to delete Character AI characters.

International Business Times UK

Digital Clones Of Deceased Teenagers Molly Russell And Brianna Ghey Appear On Character.AI

Chatbots mimicking deceased teenagers Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey have been found on Character.ai, a platform that allows users to create digital personas.

The Conversation

Deaths linked to chatbots show we must urgently revisit what counts as ‘high-risk’ AI

Last week, the tragic news broke that US teenager Sewell Seltzer III took his own life after forming a deep emotional attachment to an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot on the Character.AI website.

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