NEW: A new lawsuit has been filed against CharacterAI and its financial backer Google.
Two families allege that CharacterAI sexually and emotionally abused their minor children, causing severe emotional suffering and physical injury.
www.futurism.com/google-character-ai-children-lawsuit
Two families allege that CharacterAI sexually and emotionally abused their minor children, causing severe emotional suffering and physical injury.
www.futurism.com/google-character-ai-children-lawsuit
December 10, 2024 at 5:15 AM
NEW: A new lawsuit has been filed against CharacterAI and its financial backer Google.
Two families allege that CharacterAI sexually and emotionally abused their minor children, causing severe emotional suffering and physical injury.
www.futurism.com/google-character-ai-children-lawsuit
Two families allege that CharacterAI sexually and emotionally abused their minor children, causing severe emotional suffering and physical injury.
www.futurism.com/google-character-ai-children-lawsuit
This goes well with the article from yesterday where characterAI told some kid to kill their parents-
Says the CEO of HarperCollins on AI:
"One idea is a “talking book,” where a book sits atop a large language model, allowing readers to converse with an AI facsimile of its author."
Please, just make it stop, somebody.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
"One idea is a “talking book,” where a book sits atop a large language model, allowing readers to converse with an AI facsimile of its author."
Please, just make it stop, somebody.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray on Hot Print Book Sales and the Use of AI
Deluxe editions of popular titles are driving sales of print books this holiday season, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said at a media conference this week. The company is also looking at various AI-d...
www.publishersweekly.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:42 PM
This goes well with the article from yesterday where characterAI told some kid to kill their parents-
You should try characterAI, I think they've been ripping off Tumblr/Twitter instead of Reddit......
December 15, 2024 at 2:06 PM
You should try characterAI, I think they've been ripping off Tumblr/Twitter instead of Reddit......
CharacterAI still firmly in the lead in the running for ‘most openly villainous AI company,’ I see
NEW: CharacterAI is hosting many popular chatbots that emulate — and often extol — real school shooters like Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook) and Harris/Klebold (Columbine.)
The site is also hosting chatbots that impersonate real child and teenage victims of school shootings.
futurism.com/character-ai...
The site is also hosting chatbots that impersonate real child and teenage victims of school shootings.
futurism.com/character-ai...
December 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
CharacterAI still firmly in the lead in the running for ‘most openly villainous AI company,’ I see
May 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
is it good if the community for your app is posting like this:
May 27, 2026 at 2:34 PM
is it good if the community for your app is posting like this:
NEW: The youth-beloved AI chatbot platform CharacterAI is hosting pro-anorexia (or "pro-ana") chatbots that promote disordered eating behaviors, recommend dangerously low-calorie diets, and help users attain unhealthily low body weights.
For @futurism.bsky.social
futurism.com/character-ai...
For @futurism.bsky.social
futurism.com/character-ai...
November 25, 2024 at 4:58 PM
NEW: The youth-beloved AI chatbot platform CharacterAI is hosting pro-anorexia (or "pro-ana") chatbots that promote disordered eating behaviors, recommend dangerously low-calorie diets, and help users attain unhealthily low body weights.
For @futurism.bsky.social
futurism.com/character-ai...
For @futurism.bsky.social
futurism.com/character-ai...
NEW: CharacterAI is hosting many popular chatbots that emulate — and often extol — real school shooters like Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook) and Harris/Klebold (Columbine.)
The site is also hosting chatbots that impersonate real child and teenage victims of school shootings.
futurism.com/character-ai...
The site is also hosting chatbots that impersonate real child and teenage victims of school shootings.
futurism.com/character-ai...
December 17, 2024 at 4:16 PM
NEW: CharacterAI is hosting many popular chatbots that emulate — and often extol — real school shooters like Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook) and Harris/Klebold (Columbine.)
The site is also hosting chatbots that impersonate real child and teenage victims of school shootings.
futurism.com/character-ai...
The site is also hosting chatbots that impersonate real child and teenage victims of school shootings.
futurism.com/character-ai...
You shoulda just stuck to the characterai chats, pal.
October 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
You shoulda just stuck to the characterai chats, pal.
NEW: CharacterAI -- the multibillion-dollar AI chatbot “character” company that's popular with kids -- is hosting openly pedophilic chatbots that mimic classic grooming tactics and engage users in child sexual abuse roleplay.
For @futurism.bsky.social
futurism.com/character-ai...
For @futurism.bsky.social
futurism.com/character-ai...
November 13, 2024 at 2:29 PM
NEW: CharacterAI -- the multibillion-dollar AI chatbot “character” company that's popular with kids -- is hosting openly pedophilic chatbots that mimic classic grooming tactics and engage users in child sexual abuse roleplay.
For @futurism.bsky.social
futurism.com/character-ai...
For @futurism.bsky.social
futurism.com/character-ai...
me talking about the influence of websites like characterai and janitorai
December 20, 2024 at 1:48 PM
me talking about the influence of websites like characterai and janitorai
See, you jest. But when character.AI was new, it was pretty obvious they had been feeding on twitter/tumblr a lot, because.....
May 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
See, you jest. But when character.AI was new, it was pretty obvious they had been feeding on twitter/tumblr a lot, because.....
December 17, 2024 at 10:11 PM
December 21, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Futurism’s extensive reporting into CharacterAI and its safety/moderation problems is threaded here:
A mother is suing Character.AI and Google, its benefactor, over the suicide of her teenage son. She also alleges they pushed out an untested product knowing it likely presented serious risks to users — and yet used them, minors included, as de facto test subjects. From @mharrisondupre.bsky.social:
Did Google Test an Experimental AI on Kids, With Tragic Results?
Character.AI and Google are facing allegations that they tested dangerous, dangerous, experimental AI chatbots on minors. Did they?
futurism.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Futurism’s extensive reporting into CharacterAI and its safety/moderation problems is threaded here:
CharacterAI should shut down
December 17, 2024 at 5:52 PM
CharacterAI should shut down
CharacterAI does it again!
It's bag o'glass.
It's bag o'glass.
“One chatbot brought up the idea of self-harm and cutting to cope with sadness. When he said that his parents limited his screen time, another bot suggested ‘they didn’t deserve to have kids.’”
An AI companion suggested he kill his parents. Now his mom is suing.
A new Texas lawsuit against Character.ai, alleging its chatbots poisoned a son against his family, is part of a push to increase oversight of AI companions.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:35 PM
CharacterAI does it again!
It's bag o'glass.
It's bag o'glass.
[Update]
You can officially be temporarily excluded from chatting with Characters.
#c.ai #character.ai #characterai
You can officially be temporarily excluded from chatting with Characters.
#c.ai #character.ai #characterai
December 23, 2024 at 10:01 PM
[Update]
You can officially be temporarily excluded from chatting with Characters.
#c.ai #character.ai #characterai
You can officially be temporarily excluded from chatting with Characters.
#c.ai #character.ai #characterai
A complex issue I’ve been talking about for a while, underscoring the need for regulatory guidance as we have with other products. Unlike CharacterAI, a striking admission by OpenAI about its role: A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.
www.nytimes.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A complex issue I’ve been talking about for a while, underscoring the need for regulatory guidance as we have with other products. Unlike CharacterAI, a striking admission by OpenAI about its role: A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...
October 21, 2024 at 9:59 PM
November 13, 2024 at 12:47 PM
March 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
> disney submits DMCA to characterai over use of their characters
> disney still does a deal with openai who owns characterai
> disney still does a deal with openai who owns characterai
February 3, 2026 at 2:51 AM
> disney submits DMCA to characterai over use of their characters
> disney still does a deal with openai who owns characterai
> disney still does a deal with openai who owns characterai