Families of teens who'd used Character.AI and died by suicide sought to hold the platform accountable. Credit: SOPA Images / Contributor / Light Rocket / Getty Images Character.AI and Google have ...

Netflix sensation “Stranger Things” has always thrived on the strength of its ensemble, a testament to the actors, the characters created by the Duffer Brothers and the too-often unsung hero, casting ...

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 ...

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Disney ordered Character.AI to stop creating chatbots that impersonate its iconic characters — from Mickey Mouse to Spider-Man to Darth Vader — raising concerns that the popular app’s bots have ...

Disney‘s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI demanding the AI chatbot company remove numerous characters owned by the Mouse House — and accusing the startup of “blatantly infringing ...

Disney sent a cease and desist letter to Character.AI last week that warned the startup to stop using copyrighted characters without authorization. Character.AI allows users to create and interact ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In the latest salvo between Hollywood and artificial intelligence companies, tech start-up Character.AI has ...

South Park is one of the longest-running animated series that has become a defining force in the television zeitgeist with its unhinged humor, unique style of animation, and relentless mocking of ...

Sometimes it is fun to root for the bad guy. However, if the work is done incredibly well, you may even have to ask yourself, “Wait, are they actually the bad guy?” Morally gray characters allow ...

Main character syndrome is the perception that your life is a story or a movie where you’re the central character. A term that was born on social media, it’s not a true syndrome or mental disorder.

Rolled out on Monday, the new social feed may initially look similar to traditional social media platforms. But rather than liking friends’ holiday photos or commenting on influencers’ posts, users ...