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 ...

Stories offers a more ‘structured’ experience for teens, who can no longer hold open-ended conversations with the platform’s AI characters. Stories offers a more ‘structured’ experience for teens, who ...

California health officials are warning young people and their families to take care, as Bay Area artificial intelligence company Character.AI bans the use of its chatbots by children as of Tuesday.

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 ...

This week kicks off one of the most significant attempts to bar young people from potentially harmful technology. Character.AI, a chatbot that’s been available to people ages 13 and older in the ...

Texas mom Mandi Furniss sounded the alarm over AI chatbots after she alleged one from Character.AI — one of the leading platforms for AI technology — drove her autistic son toward self-harm and ...

Country music stars including singer Jason Aldean and five-time Grammy-nominated songwriter Tom Douglas have spoken out after "Walk My Walk" by Breaking Rust—an artist who was created using artificial ...

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 ...

Blurring the line between fact and fiction, the hybrid film from Marc Isaacs looks at the relationship between humans and machines through a blend of documentary, fictional scenes, and humor. By Georg ...

The woman behind AI “actress” Tilly Norwood endeavors to create dozens more synthetic performers, despite the widespread condemnation of her original creation. Actress and technologist Eline Van der ...

Last week, the embattled chatbot platform Character.AI said that it would move to ban minors from conversing with its many thousands of AI companion and roleplay bots. Site users, including ...