Character.AI, under threat from several lawsuits over its alleged negative impact on teen mental health, is banning underage users from open-ended chats on its site. Instead, teens will be allowed to use a new Stories" format that, unlike regular chats, offers structured" choose-your-own-adventure-style experiences with the AI characters on its platform. The feature is available [...]

Character.AI and Google have reached settlements with several families whose teens harmed themselves or died by suicide after interacting with Character.AI's chatbots, according to new court filings. The details of the settlements are still unknown. The parties notified a federal court in Florida that they had reached a "mediated settlement in principle to resolve all [...]