Character.AI launches stories for teens after they get banned from chats

Character.AI, which is under threat from several lawsuits over its alleged negative impact on teens’ mental health, is banning underage users from open chats on its site. Instead, teens will be allowed to use it New “Stories” formatunlike regular chats, offers “curated” choose-your-own-adventure style experiences with AI characters on its platform.

Advantage It’s available to everyone, but Character.AI is pitching it as a way to “enhance” the experience for users under 18. In October, Character.AI announced it would do so Close chats for teens On November 25, while developing an age guarantee feature that will automatically place underage users in “More conservative” AI talks..

Stories work by letting users choose between two or three AI characters, choose a type, and then either write their own premise or use the AI ​​to create one for them. Character.AI will then create a “guided narrative” where users can make recurring choices that change the course of the story. The experience also includes AI-generated images, with “richer, multimedia elements coming soon.”