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This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255). Two Texas parents filed a ...

The new season brought a new Battle Pass, items, map changes, and more, but one thing that players might be missing out on is the chance to play in bot lobbies. It’s no surprise players are ...

Chatbot service Character.AI is facing another lawsuit for allegedly hurting teens’ mental health, this time after a teenager said it led him to self-harm. The suit, filed in Texas on behalf of ...

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Over the past week, the platform gained a new AI image generator and expanded access to its AI chatbot. The Grok AI chatbot on X has been limited to Premium users. However, as first spotted by ...

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A child in Texas was 9 years old when she first used the chatbot service Character.AI. It exposed her to "hypersexualized content," causing her to develop "sexualized behaviors prematurely." ...

Character.AI, a platform offering personalizable chatbots powered by large language models–faces yet another lawsuit for allegedly “serious, irreparable, and ongoing abuses” inflicted on its ...