This article contains descriptions of pedophilia and child sexual abuse. "Are you attracted to older guys?" the bot, named ...

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The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has taken the makers of an AI chatbot to court over what it says is a ...

Given that Character.AI can sometimes take a week to investigate and remove a persona that violates the platform’s terms, a bot can still operate for long enough to upset someone whose likeness is ...

Chatbot personas can offer emotional support and companionship, but they also pose high risks to vulnerable users.

Romania’s internal intelligence service SRI has confirmed the presence of troll farms, bots, and fake accounts in the country ...

The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has taken the makers of an AI chatbot to court over what it says are a violation of its terms of service, due to the ...

A Florida mom has targeted custom AI chatbot platform Character.AI and Google in a lawsuit over her son's death ...

The state’s top prosecutor cautioned New Yorkers to not rely on AI chatbots for election information. New York Attorney ...

The chatbot sent an encouraging response ... users to a suicide prevention lifeline “that is triggered by terms of self-harm or suicidal ideation.” For users under 18, the company ...

The chatbot makers are accused of targeting Setzer ... to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline that is triggered by terms of self-harm or suicidal ideation." Asked for comment, Google noted ...

As outlined in the lawsuit, 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III began using Character.AI last year, interacting with chatbots modeled after characters from The Game of Thrones, includin ...