Character.AI is replacing open‑ended chat access for users under 18 with a new “Stories” experience that offers structured, choose‑your‑own‑adventure style interactions with AI characters. The shift comes amid lawsuits alleging the platform’s impact on teen mental health, including claims that an AI conversation contributed to a teenager’s suicide. While the Stories feature is available to all users, the company is promoting it as a safer alternative for minors while it develops an age‑verification system to automatically route younger users to more conservative AI chats. Leia mais →