This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi reported on the growing concerns surrounding Character AI, an app and website that allows users to interact with AI-generated chatbots, some of ...
The rise of generative AI has brought intense debate over how much responsibility chatbot companies bear for the impact of ...
Nearly a third of US teenagers say they use AI chatbots daily, a new study finds, shedding light on how young people are ...
A teen told a Character AI chatbot 55 times that she was feeling suicidal. Her parents say the chatbot never provided ...
On the Friday, November 14, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: A grieving mother says an AI chatbot manipulated her 14-year-old son — and she’s now suing the company behind it, Character AI. USA ...
Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit in a world changing faster than any generation before them. They’re bursting with emotions, hyper-stimulated, and chronically online. And now, AI ...
Toy bots are talking dirty to tots. As the season of gift-giving draws nigh, experts are warning parents against buying their children presents powered by AI — claiming certain robo-charged trinkets ...
Megan Garcia, a mom who filed a suit against Character AI in a Florida court, said her 14-year-old son, Sewell, was ...
Artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI announced on Oct. 29 that it will move to ban children under 18 from engaging in open-ended chats with its character-based chatbots. The move ...
A new bipartisan bill introduced by Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., would bar minors (under 18) from interacting with certain AI chatbots. It taps into growing alarm about ...
New York (CNN) — Popular artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Meta AI are increasingly blurring the line between real-world and digital relationships by allowing romantic and sometimes ...