Character.AI

“I don't think this is a difficult question. The US has a history of civil product liability cases - see tobacco companies (Philip Morris), the Ford Pinto, the recent Meta cases, and the cases against character.ai.From Investopedia [1], "[f]or a product liability claim to succeed,...”

“Yes, I am the author.Yes, insurance is mostly a box ticking exercise for most startups. My concern with Corgi is that even after accounting for how unimportant insurance is to startups, they are so blasé about their underwriting that for the small number of startups that will eve...”

“> if this stuff further exarcerbates the loneliness epidemic and atomization of society, will you be able to live with yourself you think?Looking at the 30,000-foot view of how society is set up: laws, economic system, employee incentives, etc, do you suppose it matters what the ...”

“These AI 'relationship' type bots are everything wrong with tech.>> Megan Garcia had no idea her teenage son Sewell, a "bright and beautiful boy", had started spending hours and hours obsessively talking to an online character on the Character.ai app in late spring 2023.People be...”

“Google essentially (but not exactly) aqui-hired Shazeer from character.ai in a deal that cost them $2.7B, with Shazeer personally making something in the region of $1B from it. Presumably there was some sort of retention period specified in the contract (you are not going to pay ...”