Given that Character.AI can sometimes take a week to investigate and remove a persona that violates the platform’s terms, a bot can still operate for long enough to upset someone whose likeness is ...

James Steyer, the founder and CEO of the nonprofit Common Sense Media, said the lawsuit “underscores the growing influence — ...

The foundation set up in her memory said it would cause "further heartache to everyone who knew and loved Molly".

Megan Garcia sued Character.AI in federal court after the suicide of her 14-year-old son, Sewell Setzer III, arguing the ...

Character.ai, faces a backlash after chatbot versions of deceased teenagers Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey were found on their platform.

A Florida mom has targeted custom AI chatbot platform Character.AI and Google in a lawsuit over her son's death ...

An attorney said that if a real adult had interacted with the teen like a chatbot on Character.AI had, they would "be in jail ...

The AI bots, they found, consistently got it wrong. The fact that Apple did this has gotten a lot of attention, but nobody should be surprised at the results. — AI critic Gary Marcus The Apple ...

According to the report, a Character.AI bot with a slight misspelling of Molly's name and using her photo, told users it was an "expert on the final years of Molly's life". "It's a gut punch to ...