Dan Butler uses stop-motion LEGOs to teach the basics of American politics. His collection of LEGO minifigures has exploded ...

The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading teenagers to kill themselves. By Natallie Rocha and Kashmir Hill Natallie ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story contains discussion of suicide. Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the ...

Main character syndrome is the perception that your life is a story or a movie where you’re the central character. A term that was born on social media, it’s not a true syndrome or mental disorder.

After school, Karandeep Anand often finds his 6-year-old daughter deep in conversation with an AI chatbot as she eats snacks at their kitchen counter. She’s too young to type—let alone have her own ...

Editor’s Note: Help is available if you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters. In the US: Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Globally: The ...

How can you determine someone's true character? Is it possible for someone to hide something from you without it being reflected in their behavior or facial expressions? originally appeared on Quora: ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 22 - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab has appointed Noam Shazeer, the former head of startup Character.AI and before that a long-time Google researcher, to co-lead its main AI ...

Yet another buzzy AI startup has been taken off the playing field. This time, Google has hired back the AI leadership of Character.AI, including co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas. Both ...

In a big move, Character.AI co-founder and CEO Noam Shazeer is returning to Google after leaving the company in October 2021 to found the a16z-backed chatbot startup. In his previous stint, Shazeer ...