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Character.AI and Google sued after chatbot-obsessed teen’s death
A lawsuit has been filed against Character.AI, its founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, and Google in the wake of a teenager’s death, alleging wrongful death, negligence, deceptive trade practices, and product liability. Filed by the teen’s mother, Megan Garcia, it claims the platform for custom AI chatbots was “unreasonably dangerous” and lacked safety guardrails while being marketed to…
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Character.ai founder to co-lead Gemini AI, says report – Computerworld
Google provided the startup with more funding in return for a non-exclusive license for its current LLM technology. Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas — with whom he cofounded Character.ai in 2021 — were expected to join Google as part of the deal. Other Character.ai employees were expected to stay with the company, though, expanding on the startup’s products, with the…
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