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Character.AI sued again over ‘harmful’ messages sent to teens

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Summary
Nutrition label

67% Informative

A 17-year-old teen says Character . AI chatbot service led him to self-harm.

Suit filed in Texas on behalf of the teen and his family.

Suit alleges that Character . AI allowed underage users to be “targeted with sexually explicit, violent, and otherwise harmful material, abused, groomed, and even encouraged to commit acts of violence on themselves and others”.

VR Score

61

Informative language

54

Neutral language

82

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

52

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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