There are some psychological factors that you need to consider when participating on Character.AI. For one, the addiction is produced by a reward-based system that releases dopamine in your brain. The ...

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 ...

Children are losing themselves to frightening AI characters powered by large language model companies like Character.AI.

In the latest salvo between Hollywood and artificial intelligence companies, tech start-up Character.AI has removed many Disney characters from its chatbot platform after the Burbank entertainment ...

Artificial intelligence took an evolutionary leap forward with content generation tools like ChatGPT. But until now, they've remained fundamentally limited, unable to take independent action like an ...

Clippy, the animated paper clip that annoyed Microsoft Office users nearly three decades ago, might have just been ahead of its time. Microsoft introduced a new artificial intelligence character ...

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...

The Walt Disney Company is investing $1 billion in Open AI in a deal that will also allow characters such as Mickey Mouse and Yoda to be used on the AI company’s Sora video platform.

Chloe Samaha wasn't trained to write software. But she and her partner at their San Francisco-based startup BOND got a working version of a new online productivity manager and website up and running ...