When Karandeep Anand’s 5-year-old daughter gets home from school, they fire up the artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI so she can chat about her day with her favorite characters, ...

Character.AI is banning minors from using its chatbots amid growing concerns about the effects of artificial intelligence chats on children.

Parents, child safety groups and politicians have been putting pressure on tech companies to make AI chatbots safer.

The start-up, which creates A.I. companions, faces lawsuits from families who have accused Character.AI’s chatbots of leading ...