Ashley Velie is a Peabody Award-winning producer for 60 Minutes who has worked overseas and in the U.S. for CBS News since 1998. She has received multiple awards and nominations for stories on war, ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI and XR for Forbes. This morning, Character.AI launched a Social Feed For its AI Avatars, that ...

Character.AI, Google Agree to Settle Teen Suicide, Self-Harm Lawsuits In one of the cases, a 14-year-old took his own life after a Character.AI avatar allegedly encouraged him to do so.

Parents in multiple states agreed to settle lawsuits against AI startup Character.ai and Google which alleged their children harmed or killed themselves after using the company’s chatbots, according ...