A California lawmaker has introduced a first-in-the-nation bill meant to ban companies from embedding AI chatbot technology ...

Coleman's complaint alleges Character Technologies, its owners and Character.AI profited off child endangerment.

Character.AI plans to ban children from talking with its AI chatbots starting next month amid growing scrutiny over how young users are interacting with the technology. The company, known for its vast ...

Rising alarm from disparate nations points to the nightmarish potential of nudification apps that use AI to generate sexually ...

(TNS) — Connecticut lawmakers on the state and national level are pushing for new internet-related legislation aimed at protecting children, citing a CT Insider investigation into state students' ...

A wave of AI-powered children’s toys has hit shelves this holiday season, claiming to rely on sophisticated chatbots to animate interactive robots and stuffed animals that can converse with kids.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Character.AI, a platform for creating and chatting with artificial intelligence chatbots, plans to start blocking ...

A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Oct. 28 seeks to forbid companies from providing minors with access to artificial intelligence chatbot companions such as Character.ai and Replika. The ...

AI is becoming a regular presence at homework time in many Chinese households. Experts say where families draw the line ...

ETRI researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) technique for the early screening of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The technology is designed to detect early signs of ASD in children ...

Artificial intelligence apps generating fake nudes, amid other privacy concerns, make “sharenting” far riskier than it was just a few years ago. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead ...