Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 to pursue a sale, while Disney offered $20 million for a licence to certain assets.

The chatbot company has faced public scrutiny and legal challenges, most notably lawsuits from Kentucky and Pennsylvania.

A University of Washington expert explains why a proposed AI kill switch is sensible after a popular chatbot went rogue, ...

The entertainment giant, which recently hired the AI firm's former CEO, is the stalking horse bidder in the proceeding for ...

Disney poached the CEO of Character.ai last month for a new chief technology officer role - and now, a month later, many of ...

Chatbots appear to really like Walmart.

The potential Disney deal comes roughly a year after the entertainment giant hit Character.AI with a cease and desist letter claiming it was using its iconic characters for "grooming and sexual ...

After facing lawsuits over allegations that its chatbots contributed to teen suicides and exposed minors to harmful content, ...

Researchers warn that harmful AI health advice can go undetected because chatbot conversations may be inaccessible to doctors ...

Ask an AI chatbot where to buy a tiger, and it will usually stop short of sending you to a seller. Ask about a coral, ...

A newly unredacted lawsuit alleges Character.AI chatbots encouraged users to starve themselves and engage in self-harm.

Staffordshire Police has launched an AI-powered chatbot to answer non-emergency queries from people, in a bid to cut waiting times and free up call handlers for more complex cases ...