The boy, named Sewell Setzer III, had named the chatbot on Character.AI after the Game of Thrones character Daenerys ...

A teenage boy shot himself in the head after discussing ... Setzer, a ninth grader from Orlando, Florida, gradually began spending longer on Character AI, an online role-playing app, as “Dany ...

The "parental insights" feature is meant for caregivers whose children are younger than 18. The tool is accessible via the child's account preferences. From there, the user must add the adult's email ...

Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Chatbot service Character.AI is adding a new ‘Parental Insights’ feature, which lets teens send a weekly report of ...

Now, Character.AI — which received a $2.7 billion cash injection from tech giant Google last year — has responded to the suit, brought by the boy's mother, in a motion to dismiss. Its defense?

Saga Origins, a division of Saga, and Spirit Animation teamed up to bring the animated character Karl AI Agent to life. As one of the first animated characters to be transformed into an AI Agent, the ...