The kinds of conversations detailed in that lawsuit — such as sexual exchanges and messages encouraging self-harm — are not an anomaly on AI companion platforms, according to Wednesday’s ...

Mashable asked those experts how AI companion platforms could be safer for teens. These are the key themes they identified: While Character.AI allows users as young as 13 on its platform ...

A model, also informally and incorrectly referred to as “weights” in the AI space, is the file or collection ... The release of R1 in this manner raised security concerns, and some described ...

And we cannot let that repeat itself with AI."Report details AI companion safety risksAmong the researchers' chief concerns with AI companion apps are the fact that teens could receive dangerous ...

Drexel’s study adds context to mounting signals that companion AI programs are in need of more stringent regulation. Luka Inc. is currently the subject of Federal Trade Commission complaints ...

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has quietly updated Prover ... and is expected to update its R1 “reasoning” model soon.