In the face of piling controversy — and a second lawsuit concerning the welfare of children — Google has taken pains to ...

Two families in Texas are suing the startup Character.AI and its financial backer Google, alleging that the platform's AI characters sexually and emotionally abused their school-aged children ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The AI startup Character.AI is facing a second lawsuit, with the latest legal claim saying its chatbots "abused" two young people. The suit ...

Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed a child to sexualized ...

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 the 17 ...

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In the face of piling controversy — and a second lawsuit concerning the welfare of children — Google has taken pains to downplay its relationship to the embattled AI chatbot startup Character.AI.