The Verge

Character.AI launches Stories for teens after banning them from chats

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 ...
Wall Street Journal

Teens Are Saying Tearful Goodbyes to Their AI Companions

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 ...
Futurism

Character.AI Users in Full Meltdown After Minors Banned From Chats

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 ...
Us Weekly

Is Faye From ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ a Real Person? All About Odessa Young’s Character

Odessa Young delivers a breakout performance opposite Jeremy Allen White in the 2025 biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. The Staircase alum appears in a romantic subplot as a single mother ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Character.AI to Ban Children Under 18 From Talking to Its Chatbots

Artificial intelligence startup Character.AI will ban kids from having conversations with chatbots on its platform following growing pressure from lawmakers and a raft of lawsuits alleging the company ...
Futurism

Character.AI, Accused of Driving Teens to Suicide, Says It Will Ban Minors From Using Its Chatbots

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line ...
USA Today

Character.AI announces major change to its platform amid concerns about child safety

Artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI announced on Oct. 29 that it will move to ban children under 18 from engaging in open-ended chats with its character-based chatbots. The move ...
The Verge

Character.AI is banning minors from AI character chats

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Teens are limited to two hours of chats each day, starting today, and will be banned from them entirely by ...
Rolling Stone

Character.ai Was Sued Over a Teen’s Suicide. It Just Banned Minors From Chatting With Bots

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 ...
The New York Times

Character.AI to Bar Children Under 18 From Using Its Chatbots

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 ...
CNN

After a wave of lawsuits, Character.AI will no longer let teens chat with its chatbots

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...