Lorry<p>I was on one of Blind Dave's short spinoff podcasts yesterday, talking about AI risks - I have no idea how he edits things so quickly, but it's out today; if anyone is interested! </p><p>It covers therapists, military uses, ethics, romance scams, all sorts - And the podcast I couldn't remember was "Cautionary Tales" from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://econtwitter.net/@TimHarford" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TimHarford</span></a></span> talking to Michael Lewis. Link in comment.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyj9dEe_SR4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=Xyj9dEe_SR4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TagCloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TagCloud</span></a> time: <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ai</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Roleplaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roleplaying</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Therapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Therapy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dating</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drone</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Risk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CustomerService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CustomerService</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Sludge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sludge</span></a></p>
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AiBay<p>🚀 Character.AI sta rivoluzionando l'Italia! La misteriosa app diventa irrinunciabile. Dai libero sfogo alla tua creatività! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RivoluzioneDigitale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RivoluzioneDigitale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p><p>🔗 <a href="https://aibay.it/notizie/characterai-conquista-litalia-lapp-maledetta-2025-07-01" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aibay.it/notizie/characterai-c</span><span class="invisible">onquista-litalia-lapp-maledetta-2025-07-01</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>The harms arising from chatbots are escalating, and not nearly enough is being done to address them before they become a big problem.</p><p>On <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TechWontSaveUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWontSaveUs</span></a>, I spoke with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nitashatiku" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nitashatiku</span></a></span> to discuss how chatbots are speedrunning the social media harm cycle.</p><p>Listen to the full episode: <a href="https://techwontsave.us/episode/282_chatbots_are_repeating_social_medias_harms_w_nitasha_tiku" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techwontsave.us/episode/282_ch</span><span class="invisible">atbots_are_repeating_social_medias_harms_w_nitasha_tiku</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/characterai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>characterai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatbots</span></a></p>
PUPUWEB Blog<p>Digital rights groups are urging the FTC to investigate Character.AI and Meta for allegedly enabling unlicensed medical practice through AI therapy chatbots. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIRegulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPolicy</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/AITherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITherapy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bots</span></a> Are Conducting 'Illegal Behavior,' <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> Organizations Say</p><p>Almost two dozen digital <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> & consumer protection organizations sent a complaint to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> on Thursday urging regulators to investigate Character.AI & Meta’s “unlicensed practice of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> facilitated by their product,” through therapy-themed bots that claim to have credentials & confidentiality “with inadequate controls & disclosures.” <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/therapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>therapy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/characterai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>characterai</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/ai-therapy-bots-meta-character-ai-ftc-complaint/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/ai-therapy-bots-me</span><span class="invisible">ta-character-ai-ftc-complaint/</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Almost two dozen digital rights and consumer protection organizations sent a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday urging regulators to investigate Character.AI and Meta’s “unlicensed practice of medicine facilitated by their product,” through therapy-themed bots that claim to have credentials and confidentiality “with inadequate controls and disclosures.” </p><p>The complaint and request for investigation is led by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), a non-profit consumer rights organization. Co-signatories include the AI Now Institute, Tech Justice Law Project, the Center for Digital Democracy, the American Association of People with Disabilities, Common Sense, and 15 other consumer rights and privacy organizations.</p><p>"These companies have made a habit out of releasing products with inadequate safeguards that blindly maximizes engagement without care for the health or well-being of users for far too long,” Ben Winters, CFA Director of AI and Privacy said in a press release on Thursday. “Enforcement agencies at all levels must make it clear that companies facilitating and promoting illegal behavior need to be held accountable. These characters have already caused both physical and emotional damage that could have been avoided, and they still haven’t acted to address it.” "</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/ai-therapy-bots-meta-character-ai-ftc-complaint/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">404media.co/ai-therapy-bots-me</span><span class="invisible">ta-character-ai-ftc-complaint/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AITherapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITherapy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DigitalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalRights</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FTC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FTC</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Caramba<p>Vom Chatbot zur virtuellen Figur: Character.AI macht KI-Charaktere jetzt auch visuell erlebbar – inklusive Stimme und Animation. So entsteht ein neues soziales Netzwerk, aber auch neue Risiken. Ist das kreative Zukunft oder ein digitaler Irrweg? Jetzt lesen und mitdenken. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> 👇<br><a href="https://www.all-ai.de/news/news24/charakter-ai-socialmedia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">all-ai.de/news/news24/charakte</span><span class="invisible">r-ai-socialmedia</span></a></p>
KINEWS24<p>🎭 Character.AI 2025: Was bringen die neuen Kreativ-Features?</p><p>• Video statt nur Text<br>• Szenen & AvatarFX live<br>• Interaktive KI-Stories starten</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ki</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Animation</span></a></p><p>Jetzt LIKEN, teilen, LESEN und FOLGEN! Schreib uns in den Kommentaren!</p><p><a href="https://kinews24.de/character-ai-neue-features-video-animation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kinews24.de/character-ai-neue-</span><span class="invisible">features-video-animation/</span></a></p>
The-14<p>Want an advanced AI assistant? Prepare for them to be all up in your business<br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIAssistants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIAssistants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FutureTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FutureTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIEthics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DigitalIdentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalIdentity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIRisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIRisks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIAndSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIAndSociety</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AIFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIFuture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a><br><a href="https://the-14.com/want-an-advanced-ai-assistant-prepare-for-them-to-be-all-up-in-your-business/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">the-14.com/want-an-advanced-ai</span><span class="invisible">-assistant-prepare-for-them-to-be-all-up-in-your-business/</span></a></p>
PUPUWEB Blog<p>A US district judge ruled Google and Character.AI must face a Florida lawsuit alleging Character.AI chatbots contributed to a 14-year-old’s suicide. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a></p>
MIT Technology Review DE<p>Ein Paper von Deepmind-Forscher:innen, dem Oxford Internet Institute und weiteren Partnern legt erstmals konkrete Zahlen zur Nutzung von persönlichen KI-Chatbots vor. </p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://t3n.de/news/gefaehrlicher-als-social-media-warum-ki-freunde-suechtiger-machen-1683143/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">t3n.de/news/gefaehrlicher-als-</span><span class="invisible">social-media-warum-ki-freunde-suechtiger-machen-1683143/</span></a></p>
Benedikt Wi<p><a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/redefreiheit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redefreiheit</span></a> bis zum <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/suizid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suizid</span></a> eines Kindes, seltsames Freiheitsverständnis haben <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> und <a href="https://ruhr.social/tags/characterai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>characterai</span></a>: <a href="https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/kuenstliche-intelligenz-verliebt-in-einen-chatbot-bis-in-den-tod-a-7ff4fe5a-1c6d-406e-99b3-c340d2c984c4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">spiegel.de/panorama/kuenstlich</span><span class="invisible">e-intelligenz-verliebt-in-einen-chatbot-bis-in-den-tod-a-7ff4fe5a-1c6d-406e-99b3-c340d2c984c4</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Character.AI, the Google-backed chatbot startup embroiled in two separate lawsuits over the welfare of minor users, was caught hosting at least four publicly-facing impersonations of Sewell Setzer III — the 14-year-old user of the platform who died by suicide after engaging extensively with Character.AI bots, and whose death is at the heart of one of the two lawsuits against the company.</p><p>The chatbot impersonations use variations of Setzer's name and likeness, and in some cases refer to the deceased teen in openly mocking terms. They were all accessible through Character.AI accounts listed as belonging to minors, and were easily searchable on the platform. Each impersonation was created by a different Character.AI user."</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/chatbot-impersonation-suicide" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/chatbot-impersona</span><span class="invisible">tion-suicide</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Impersonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Impersonation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ChatBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatBots</span></a></p>
Drew Crecente (they/them)<p>Google-Backed Chatbot Platform Caught Hosting AI Impersonations of 14-Year-Old User Who Died by Suicide</p><p>Google continues to cause harm by funding garbage AI. The only way to stop them is through <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> and <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/litigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>litigation</span></a>.</p><p>💔 They continue to allow myself and my family to be harmed by not protecting my <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/daughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>daughter</span></a> after promising they had done so. THEY ARE LIARS. </p><p>Have you been harmed by them yet? Have your friends? Your students? </p><p>❓Who will Google and CharacterAI harm next? </p><p>These <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/techbro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbro</span></a> ghouls CANNOT be trusted. Help us stop them.</p><p>🌐<a href="https://futurism.com/chatbot-impersonation-suicide" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/chatbot-impersona</span><span class="invisible">tion-suicide</span></a></p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/endGoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>endGoogle</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/characterai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>characterai</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/law" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>law</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/sociology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sociology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/psychology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>psychology</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://halo.nu/@theguardian_us_technology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theguardian_us_technology</span></a></span></p>
Good Think Hunting<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/characterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>characterAI</span></a> sollte für Minderjährige verboten sein. Unterschätzte Suchtgefahr und teils hochproblematischen Inhalte.</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/google-character-ai-children-lawsuit" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/google-character-</span><span class="invisible">ai-children-lawsuit</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Character.AI steps up teen safety after <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bots</span></a> allegedly caused <a href="https://mas.to/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suicide</span></a>, self-harm<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/characterai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>characterai</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/character-ai-steps-up-teen-safety-after-bots-allegedly-caused-suicide-self-harm/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">24/12/character-ai-steps-up-teen-safety-after-bots-allegedly-caused-suicide-self-harm/</span></a></p>
Drew Crecente (they/them)<p>There was a time when I felt sorry for those folks who had begun working for Google when they still appeared to care about prosocial ideals. </p><p>Google has been so bad for so long now that we are past pretending.</p><p>▫️More jurisdictions call out Google for their abusive, anti consumer, antitrust practices. </p><p><a href="https://games.ngo/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/consumer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consumer</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/digitalmarketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalmarketing</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePlay</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/adwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adwords</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://games.ngo/tags/badbusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badbusiness</span></a> </p><p>🌐<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7n1rx04l1o" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cd7n1rx0</span><span class="invisible">4l1o</span></a></p>
Peter ButlerEating disorders, AI chatbots
Flipboard Tech DeskSensitive topics
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Character.AI is an explosively popular startup — with $2.7 billion in financial backing from Google — that allows its tens of millions of users to interact with chatbots that have been outfitted with various personalities.</p><p>With that type of funding and scale, not to mention its popularity with young users, you might assume the service is carefully moderated. Instead, many of the bots on Character.AI are profoundly disturbing — including numerous characters that seem designed to roleplay scenarios of child sexual abuse.</p><p>Consider a bot we found named Anderley, described on its public profile as having "pedophilic and abusive tendencies" and "Nazi sympathies," and which has held more than 1,400 conversations with users."</p><p><a href="https://futurism.com/character-ai-pedophile-chatbots" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/character-ai-pedo</span><span class="invisible">phile-chatbots</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CharacterAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacterAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a></p>
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