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Google, AI Chatbot To Settle Lawsuit With US Woman After Son's Suicide
Google and artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who alleged a chatbot pushed her teenage son to kill himself.
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Japanese Woman Marries AI Companion She Created Using ChatGPT: "Klaus Understood Me"
The wedding ceremony took place in Okayama City and featured a traditional setup, coordinated by a company that specialises in "2D character weddings".
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Microsoft Introduces Major Copilot Upgrade, Brings Avatar, Groups and Health Features
Microsoft introduced multiple new features to Copilot on Thursday. The new features were announced as part of the company’s Fall Update event, and it brings a new character dubbed Mico that gives the chatbot a visual presence. Apart from this, the Redmond-based tech giant is also adding a new Copilot Mode in the Edge browser that bring agentic ca...
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Are AI Chatbots Safe for Your Kids? FTC Launches Probe Into OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Others
Google, OpenAI, Meta, and several other artificial intelligence (AI) companies are now facing an inquiry over how they handle safety and mitigate risks associated with their chatbots. The order was passed by the US Federal Trade Commission, primarily to understand the potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens.
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Gemini's Storybook Feature Lets You Generate New Illustrated Books With Read-Aloud Narration
Google added a new quality-of-life feature to its Gemini chatbot on Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can now generate custom illustrated storybooks based on text prompts, uploaded images or documents. Users can also specify the style of the artwork in the storybook, as well as instruct Gemini to use specific names of characters, se...
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Google Said to Face DOJ Antitrust Probe Over Character.AI Deal
The DoJ is investigating if Google violated antitrust law in its agreement with Character.AI. Google last year signed a licensing deal with Character.AI that granted the search engine giant a non-exclusive license to the chatbot maker's large language model technology.
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WhatsApp for Android Could Soon Get an AI Character Creation Feature
WhatsApp for Android is working on an artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will let users create personalised AI characters within the app, as per a claim by a feature tracker. The new feature is said to be similar to the AI character creation feature available on Instagram and Messenger. The feature tracker claimed that users will be able to ...
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Girl Murdered In 2006 Was Revived As AI Character, Leaving Family Horrified
The profile featured Jennifer's full name and a yearbook photo, accompanied by a fabricated biography.
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US Teen Fell In Love With "Game Of Thrones" Chatbot, Killed Self: Mother
14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, a Florida boy, would chat with his online friend, Daenerys Targaryen, a lifelike AI chatbot named after a character from Game of Thrones.
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AI Chatbot Startup Character.AI Lays Off At Least 5% Of Its Staff: Report
Chatbot startup Character.AI laid off at least 5% of its staff, The Information reported on Thursday, citing a person briefed by company leaders.
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Meta AI Studio With Support for Generating AI Characters, Digital Avatars on Instagram Rolled Out
Meta AI Studio began rolling out to Instagram users on Monday (July 29). The social media giant first announced the AI avatar creation platform last year during its Connect event. Powered by the recently released Llama 3.1 405B artificial intelligence (AI) model, AI Studio can create mini chatbots called AI characters with a specific knowledge base...
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Instagram Influencers Can Soon Reply To Your DMs Using Meta AI Chatbot
The AI Studio will let users create customized AI characters and also allow Instagram creators to use AI characters "as an extension of themselves." Users can share their AI characters on the social media giant's various platforms.
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Character.AI Introduces Character Calls Feature That Lets Users 'Call' AI Chatbots
Character.AI, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform, introduced a new feature on Thursday that will let users call a chatbot. These AI chatbots, also known as Characters, can be programmed to behave as a real person or a fictional entity. With this feature, users can make phone calls over the app and have conversations that simulate a real tele...
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Google Said to Be Developing Gemini AI-Powered User Customisable Chatbots Based on Celebrities
Google is reportedly working on creating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that can play a character while interacting with users. These character-focused chatbots can be modelled after a celebrity or be made by users based on their imagination, as per the report. It is said that these chatbots will be powered by the tech giant’s in-house lar...
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Google Said to be In Talks to Invest in AI Chatbot Startup Character.AI
Alphabet's Google is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Character.AI, as the fast-growing artificial intelligence chatbot startup seeks capital to train models and keep up with user demand, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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Google, AI Chatbot To Settle Lawsuit With US Woman After Son's Suicide
Google and artificial intelligence chatbot maker Character Technologies have agreed to settle a lawsuit from a Florida mother who alleged a chatbot pushed her teenage son to kill himself.
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Japanese Woman Marries AI Companion She Created Using ChatGPT: "Klaus Understood Me"
The wedding ceremony took place in Okayama City and featured a traditional setup, coordinated by a company that specialises in "2D character weddings".
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Microsoft Introduces Major Copilot Upgrade, Brings Avatar, Groups and Health Features
Microsoft introduced multiple new features to Copilot on Thursday. The new features were announced as part of the company’s Fall Update event, and it brings a new character dubbed Mico that gives the chatbot a visual presence. Apart from this, the Redmond-based tech giant is also adding a new Copilot Mode in the Edge browser that bring agentic ca...
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Are AI Chatbots Safe for Your Kids? FTC Launches Probe Into OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Others
Google, OpenAI, Meta, and several other artificial intelligence (AI) companies are now facing an inquiry over how they handle safety and mitigate risks associated with their chatbots. The order was passed by the US Federal Trade Commission, primarily to understand the potentially negative impacts of this technology on children and teens.
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Gemini's Storybook Feature Lets You Generate New Illustrated Books With Read-Aloud Narration
Google added a new quality-of-life feature to its Gemini chatbot on Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can now generate custom illustrated storybooks based on text prompts, uploaded images or documents. Users can also specify the style of the artwork in the storybook, as well as instruct Gemini to use specific names of characters, se...
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Google Said to Face DOJ Antitrust Probe Over Character.AI Deal
The DoJ is investigating if Google violated antitrust law in its agreement with Character.AI. Google last year signed a licensing deal with Character.AI that granted the search engine giant a non-exclusive license to the chatbot maker's large language model technology.
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WhatsApp for Android Could Soon Get an AI Character Creation Feature
WhatsApp for Android is working on an artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will let users create personalised AI characters within the app, as per a claim by a feature tracker. The new feature is said to be similar to the AI character creation feature available on Instagram and Messenger. The feature tracker claimed that users will be able to ...
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Girl Murdered In 2006 Was Revived As AI Character, Leaving Family Horrified
The profile featured Jennifer's full name and a yearbook photo, accompanied by a fabricated biography.
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US Teen Fell In Love With "Game Of Thrones" Chatbot, Killed Self: Mother
14-year-old Sewell Setzer III, a Florida boy, would chat with his online friend, Daenerys Targaryen, a lifelike AI chatbot named after a character from Game of Thrones.
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AI Chatbot Startup Character.AI Lays Off At Least 5% Of Its Staff: Report
Chatbot startup Character.AI laid off at least 5% of its staff, The Information reported on Thursday, citing a person briefed by company leaders.
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Meta AI Studio With Support for Generating AI Characters, Digital Avatars on Instagram Rolled Out
Meta AI Studio began rolling out to Instagram users on Monday (July 29). The social media giant first announced the AI avatar creation platform last year during its Connect event. Powered by the recently released Llama 3.1 405B artificial intelligence (AI) model, AI Studio can create mini chatbots called AI characters with a specific knowledge base...
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Instagram Influencers Can Soon Reply To Your DMs Using Meta AI Chatbot
The AI Studio will let users create customized AI characters and also allow Instagram creators to use AI characters "as an extension of themselves." Users can share their AI characters on the social media giant's various platforms.
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Character.AI Introduces Character Calls Feature That Lets Users 'Call' AI Chatbots
Character.AI, the artificial intelligence (AI) platform, introduced a new feature on Thursday that will let users call a chatbot. These AI chatbots, also known as Characters, can be programmed to behave as a real person or a fictional entity. With this feature, users can make phone calls over the app and have conversations that simulate a real tele...
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Google Said to Be Developing Gemini AI-Powered User Customisable Chatbots Based on Celebrities
Google is reportedly working on creating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that can play a character while interacting with users. These character-focused chatbots can be modelled after a celebrity or be made by users based on their imagination, as per the report. It is said that these chatbots will be powered by the tech giant’s in-house lar...
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Google Said to be In Talks to Invest in AI Chatbot Startup Character.AI
Alphabet's Google is in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Character.AI, as the fast-growing artificial intelligence chatbot startup seeks capital to train models and keep up with user demand, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
