Updates on Character AI

Every AI story we track on Character AI: 20 stories so far, each summarized in our own words and linked to the publisher that reported it.

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This week

The AI graveyard: a running list of projects and startups that didn’t make it

TechCrunch
Social Media7 min read

We Investigated Character.AI and Found a Horror Show. Now It’s Bankrupt.

Futurism

This month

Disney agrees to hire the majority of Character AI’s workforce

Covered by 5 sources

Disney agreed to pay $60 million to 66 employees from an AI startup that filed for bankruptcy, weeks after tech layoffs

Business Insider

Other AI Companies Should Be Very Afraid of What Just Happened to Character.AI, According to Its Own Bankruptcy Documents

Futurism
Society & Culture4 min read

Circuit Breaker Labs hopes to make AI safer for your kids (and you)

TechCrunch
Society & Culture5 min read

The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological Harms, New Research Finds

Futurism

What’s behind Disney’s appointment of its first company-wise CTO Karandeep Anand?

ET AI (The Economic Times)

Disney Beefs Up Tech Ambitions With Newly Created CTO Role

Covered by 8 sources
Agents12 min read

Data-Driven Characters

LangChain
Society & Culture13 min read

Child safety vs privacy: AI’s age verification dilemma

Transformer News
Agents4 min read

Character.AI’s Latest Bet Is Microdramas That Talk Back

Gizmodo
Agents3 min read

Character.AI enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist

Covered by 2 sources

Meta Paid Hundreds of Contractors to Pretend to Be Teenagers While Barraging Its Competitors’ AI With Disturbing Content

Futurism

Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor

Covered by 2 sources

Character.AI Is Hosting Epstein Island Roleplays Scenarios and Ghislaine Maxwell Bots

Futurism

Character.AI Still Hasn’t Fixed Its School Shooter Problem We Identified in 2024

Futurism
That's everything we have on Character AI right now