Google and Character.AI settled lawsuits pertaining to psychological harm to minors allegedly caused by chatbots. At least one lawsuit claimed the chatbot contributed to a teen's suicide. Generative ...

In a warning posted to Facebook on Tuesday, the Sugar Land Police Department said entering the Char House property remains illegal and dangerous, citing the deteriorating condition of the structure ...

Stories offers a more ‘structured’ experience for teens, who can no longer hold open-ended conversations with the platform’s AI characters. Stories offers a more ‘structured’ experience for teens, who ...

Last month, AI companion platform Character.AI announced it would ban users under the age of 18 from having open-ended chats with its bots. The ban begins November 24 and will still allow teens to ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- Sugar Land just moved one step closer toward redeveloping the Imperial Historic District. On Tuesday, the city announced it agreed to pay $496,000 to Urbano Architects to ...

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 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 ...

True New York–style pizza in Noblesville? Yes, indeed. Like many home chefs, Butterworth got the itch for a pizzeria of his own during the pandemic, when the KECO Coatings employee spent hours reading ...

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.

After school, Karandeep Anand often finds his 6-year-old daughter deep in conversation with an AI chatbot as she eats snacks at their kitchen counter. She’s too young to type—let alone have her own ...

Main character syndrome and main character energy originated on social media to refer to a person who behaves as though the protagonist in the story of their life. Main character energy and main ...