Character.ai files for bankruptcy following lawsuits alleging ties to teen suicides
The company also faced a probe into its safety practices by Senate Democrats last year, along with other AI “companion” apps.
Former Google AI staffers Noam Shazeer and Daniel de Freitas launched Character.
When Anand took over as CEO of the then-70-person company last year, he told CNN he saw a future for the company in interactive, personalized AI entertainment — where users could co-create stories and conversations with AI characters for fun.
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