While users as young as 18 can make an account ... adding that it's "not skewed toward teenagers or young adults." Replika ...

A pair of US senators is demanding information from artificial intelligence chatbot companies including Character.AI, nearly six months after a Florida mom sued the startup, claiming it was ...

A new "Parental Insights" feature will send parents or guardians a weekly email summarizing the activity of teens under 18. It will show ... Character.AI's chief product officer, tells Axios. Website ...

Then, on an overcast day barely above freezing, four days before Christmas, Jay discovered a smartphone app called Replika. The messaging app let users build a "personal AI" complete with a 3D ...

In 2021, Shazeer, a former Google employee, created Character, an AI friend — or lover — that boasted 20 million monthly users in September 2024, according to The Wall Street Journal. Replika, a ...

maker of Character.AI, Chai Research Corp. and Luka, Inc., maker of chatbot service Replika — requests information on safety measures and how the companies train their AI models. While more ...