How do teens really use AI companions? With more creativity than you might think

Media coverage of AI companions taps into two primary fears. One is that young people will replace human friendships with AI.
AOL

AI startup Character.AI removes Disney characters from its chatbot platform after legal letter

Bruce Perry, 17, demonstrates Character.AI, an artificial intelligence chatbot software that allows users to chat with popular characters. (Katie Adkins / Associated Press) In the latest salvo between ...
TechCrunch

Character.AI removes Disney characters after receiving cease-and-desist letter

Character.AI received a cease-and-desist letter from Disney, urging the chatbot company to remove Disney characters from among the millions of AI companions on its platform, Variety reports. The ...
New York Post

Disney orders Character.AI to scrap Marvel, Star Wars chatbots over ‘grooming and exploitation’ concerns: ‘Dangerous to children’

Disney ordered Character.AI to stop creating chatbots that impersonate its iconic characters — from Mickey Mouse to Spider-Man to Darth Vader — raising concerns that the popular app’s bots have ...
Futurism

Did Google Test an Experimental AI on Kids, With Tragic Results?

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Reuters

Disney sends cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI, Axios reports

Sept 30 (Reuters) - Walt Disney (DIS.N), opens new tab has sent a letter to Character.AI demanding that the AI startup immediately stop the unauthorized use of its copyrighted characters, Axios ...