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 ...

# 1. Create the Java file (forcing ASCII encoding) PS D:\issue> Set-Content -Path DummyFile.java -Value "public class DummyFile {}" -Encoding Ascii # 2. Create the config.xml (with FileLength as a ...

If you want to change the default character encoding in Notepad in Windows 11/10, this tutorial will guide you through the process. It is possible to change the default encoding from UTF-8 to ANSI or ...

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 ...

Having "main character energy" means acting as if your life is a movie. You're always on the verge of cinematic transformation, with a deeply aesthetic sense of self, perfectly timed lighting, and a ...

The big picture: AMD finally revealed the specifications, pricing, and performance details of Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics cards, with full reviews expected in the coming days. While ...

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 ...

Sorry, fandoms: it sounds like your favorite Character.AI bots aren’t coming back. The embattled AI companion company Character.AI confirmed to Futurism that it ...

Character.AI is starting a new chapter after its $2.7 billion licensing deal with Google, which involved CEO Noam Shazeer returning to the search giant. It hired Erin Teague as a chief product officer ...