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Character.AI to Teens: Sorry, No More Open-Ended Chats With AI Companions

The AI companion chatbot company Character.AI will soon have an adults-only policy for open-ended conversations with AI ...

Over 1 million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, new OpenAI data reveals

An estimated 1.2 million users reportedly talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, according to a newly released report from the ...
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Are AI Chatbot Companies Doing Enough to Protect Our Children?

As AI chatbot companies make major changes to their platform regulations for children, young users are finally being ...
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Character.AI to ban children from open-ended chats with AI chatbots

Character.AI announced it will ban children under 18 from engaging in "open-ended" conversations with its AI chatbots ...

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

Chatbot platform Character.AI will no longer allow teens to engage in back-and-forth conversations with its AI-generated characters, its parent company Character Technologies said on Wednesday. The ...

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

Parents have testified in front of Congress that their children were harmed by sustained interactions with virtual ...
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Microsoft open-sources VS Code Copilot Chat extension on GitHub

Microsoft has released the source code for the GitHub Copilot Chat extension for VS Code under the MIT license. This provides the community access to the full implementation of the chat-based coding ...