In a win for “Your Reference Ain’t Relevant” campaigners, the government will introduce new laws on Wednesday to scrap the “good character” provision for all offences. The good character of an ...

Disney's Imagineers checked out "thousands of AI companies" before backing one that keeps animators in the driver's seat. Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to ...

Abstract: A comprehensive analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic is necessary to prepare for future healthcare challenges. In this regard, the large number of datasets collected during the pandemic has ...

In what may mark the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google and the startup Character.AI are negotiating terms with families whose teenagers died by suicide or ...

This video shares a simple method for finding character drawing ideas when you feel stuck or run out of inspiration. It shows how Roblox avatars can be used as visual references while still keeping ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens’ use of social media, the internet and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. The Center conducted an online survey of 1,458 U.S.

The video game Valorant, a fast-paced team-based shooter, has recently become a testing ground for a promising new direction in artificial intelligence research. The game’s developers at Riot Games (a ...

In response to growing public concern, Character.ai is banning users under 18 from open-ended chatbot conversations. The company will add age verification and create an AI Safety Lab as well. The move ...

The company is facing several lawsuits, including one by the mother of a teenager who claims the company’s chatbots pushed her son to kill himself. Man empties piggy bank after 10 years—not ready for ...

Content warning: this story includes discussion of self-harm and suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line ...