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Teens Are Saying Tearful Goodbyes to Their AI Companions

Teens Are Saying Tearful Goodbyes to Their AI Companions

Chatbot maker Character.AI is cutting off access, citing mental-health concerns.

When Olga López heard she would lose access to her collection of role-playing chatbots, she felt a surge of emotions: sadness, outrage, bewilderment.

Olga, who is 13, turns to her chatbots from artificial-intelligence company Character.AI for romantic role playing when she doesn’t have homework. Like the company’s other under-18 customers, she was notified in October that she would no longer be able to have ongoing chat interactions with digital characters soon.

Character.AI, one of the top makers of role-play and companion chatbots, implemented the daily two-hour limit in

Teens called Character.AI’s messages about the deadline the ‘elf of doom.’

The article originally appeared on Hindustan Times

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