US EditionCharacter.AI to block romantic AI chats for minors a year after teen's suicide
Character.ai will restrict minors from open-ended chatbot chats by Nov 25, affecting 10% of its 20 million users to address teen safety and suicide concerns.
- Character.AI will ban minors from engaging in open-ended conversations with its chatbots by November 25, responding to increasing pressure from lawmakers and lawsuits alleging harm to children from its characters.
- The company plans to enhance its age verification technology, incorporating software from identity-verification startup Persona to distinguish between adult and under-age-18 experiences.
- The Federal Trade Commission is investigating several AI companies, including Character.AI, for the potential risks their chatbots pose to children.
- Until the ban starts, Character.AI will restrict minors to two hours of chat time per day, gradually reducing it over the weeks before the prohibition takes effect.
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Character.ai Will Soon Start Banning Kids From Using Its Chatbots
Leading AI chatbot platform Character.ai announced yesterday that it will no longer allow anyone under 18 to have open-ended conversations with its chatbots. Character.ai's parent company, Character Technologies, said the ban will go into effect by Nov. 25, and in the meantime, it will impose time limits on children and "transition younger users to alternative creative features such as video, story, and stream creation with AI characters." In a …
Character AI has decided, under the pressure of justice, to prohibit access to its companion chatbots to those under 18 years of age. But will this suffice to avoid further drama? ...
The Character.AI platform announced on Wednesday that it will ban access to chat for children under 18 years of age, a decision that comes after a lawsuit against the company for the suicide of a 14-year-old teenager who emotionally attached himself to his chatbot. The company said it will promote younger users to use alternative tools such as creating videos, stories and transmissions with AI characters. The ban will begin on November 25th. The…
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