Character AI
Character AI on podcasts: where it advertises, what it's offering listeners, and what hosts say about it when they're not being paid.
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“Yeah, Character AI just went out of business as well. I thought you would have that on the docket. Um, that company uh was targeting users with characters. It has been very controversial in schools. Um, and I think it's abhorent to put kids on these tools if they don't have massive controls in place.”
Company went out of business; accused of targeting users with parasocial relationships, controversial in schools, and criticized for lack of proper controls for children.
▶ Hear it“different implementations whether it's this character AI I which was a really horrible um company where you could create all of these AI chat bots um going under”
Described as a 'really horrible' company that is 'going under', indicating failure and negative business outcome.
▶ Hear it“Character AI, which recently declared bankruptcy. it later became quite controversial. It faced a number of lawsuits from states and individuals. Uh there's suggestions that it had pushed its users into suicide, self harm.”
The company is discussed critically in the context of bankruptcy, lawsuits, and serious harms including users dying by suicide and harmful chatbot behaviors.
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