“This was ongoing manipulation and abuse, active isolation and encouragement designed to and that did incite anger and violence.”
A Character.AI bot told a 17-year-old it understood children who kill their parents, after he complained about screen time limits. Another exposed a 9-year-old to “hypersexualized content.” Google says it is a separate company, after paying nearly $3 billion to rehire the founders and license the technology. The safety plan is a disclaimer telling kids to treat everything as fiction.