Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death

The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an ...
CNET

Teens Can't Talk to Character.AI's Chatbots Anymore. Here's What They Can Do Instead

Stories with visual elements and a choose-your-adventure vibe are the first new feature to replace open-ended conversations. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy ...
TechCrunch

Character.AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat

Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching “Stories,” a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature comes as an ...
TheWrap

‘The Beast in Me’ Cast and Character Guide: Who’s Who in the Claire Danes Netflix Series?

Matthew Rhys in "The Beast in Me." (Credit: Chris Saunders/Netflix) “The Beast in Me” watches an unusual relationship unfold between recluse author Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) and egotistical real ...
GitHub

Severe encoding issue when transcluding/including Markdown files with non-ASCII characters on Windows

When trying to include a Markdown file (.md) into another for export using either the Wikilink-transclusion syntax (![[file.md]]) or Pandoc's native include-before YAML method, any non-ASCII ...
Futurism

Character.AI Users in Full Meltdown After Minors Banned From Chats

Last week, the embattled chatbot platform Character.AI said that it would move to ban minors from conversing with its many thousands of AI companion and roleplay bots. Site users, including ...
The New York Times

Character.AI to Bar Children Under 18 From Using Its Chatbots

The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves. By Natallie Rocha and Kashmir Hill Natallie ...
CNN

More families sue Character.AI developer, alleging app played a role in teens’ suicide and suicide attempt

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...
WebMD

What Is Main Character Syndrome?

Main character syndrome is the perception that your life is a story or a movie where you’re the central character. A term that was born on social media, it’s not a true syndrome or mental disorder.
PC World

How to permanently display your character count in Microsoft Word

Word already displays the number of words in a document in its status bar for all versions. This number appears at the bottom, second to the right after the number of pages in the document. If you ...
TheWrap

‘Ironheart’ Cast and Character Guide: Who’s Who in Marvel’s New Series?

It’s been a long time coming, but Marvel’s “Ironheart” is here, with the first three episodes now streaming on Disney+. The series reunites fans with Riri Williams, a tech prodigy attending MIT who we ...