After a troubling October lawsuit accused Character.AI (C.AI) of recklessly releasing dangerous chatbots that allegedly caused a 14-year-old boy's suicide, more families have come forward to sue ...

The small dog-sized companion bot—which used a ChatGPT-style large language model and expressive features to hold open-ended conversations with children—will soon be taken offline due to its ...

Character.AI has been hit with a lawsuit in Texas by two families after a chatbot suggested a boy should kill his parents.

Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed a child to sexualized ...

Ropet AI pet bot is a good alternative to a real pet with ChatGPT integration and advanced sensors making it a lovable companion.

Moxie is an AI-powered robot that offers companionship for children. But it requires a constant connection to cloud servers, which will soon be shut off.

A new Texas lawsuit against Character.ai, alleging its chatbots poisoned a son against his family, is part of a push to ...

Light Robotics, which has set up offices in Shenzhen and Singapore, will focus on consumer-facing companion robots.

Some said they felt "stigmatized" or "reluctant" to discuss their kids' addiction to companion bots previously. While C.AI isn't necessarily the "worst" app for kids out there, ending its alleged ...