Character.AI is banning minors from AI character chats

Incredible article. Starting off with, they are only banning minors from chats (although their other features are unpopular), and they are tapering children off by limiting chats to two hours for now.

the company says it’s rolling out a new in-house “age assurance model” that classifies a user’s age based on the type of characters they choose to chat with...

If nobody under 18 is allowed on the chats, why would you have characters geared towards minors?!

Adults mistaken for minors can prove their age to the third-party verification site Persona

The surveillance company, that's great

And then there's this quote from the guy who runs the suicide bot company:

“When we started making the changes of under 18 experiences earlier in the year, our under 18 user base did shrink, because those users went into other platforms, which are not as safe,” Anand said.

Give me a break.

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Incredible article. Starting off with, they are only banning minors from chats (although their other features are unpopular), and they are tapering children off by limiting chats to two hours for now.
the company says it’s rolling out a new in-house “age assurance model” that classifies a user’s age based on the type of characters they choose to chat with...
If nobody under 18 is allowed on the chats, why would you have characters geared towards minors?!
Adults mistaken for minors can prove their age to the third-party verification site Persona
The surveillance company, that's great
And then there's this quote from the guy who runs the suicide bot company:
“When we started making the changes of under 18 experiences earlier in the year, our under 18 user base did shrink, because those users went into other platforms, which are not as safe,” Anand said.
Give me a break.