Character.AI has retrained its chatbots to stop chatting up teens

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge In an announcement today, Chatbot service Character.AI says it will soon be launching parental controls for teenage users, and it described safety measures it's taken in the past few months, including a separate large language model (LLM) for users under 18. The announcement comes after press scrutiny and two lawsuits that claim it contributed to self-harm and suicide. In a press release, Character.AI said that, over the past month, it's developed two separate ve...