Character.AI’s new Books mode turns reading into roleplay

Mired successful contention and ineligible woes implicit concerns astir its chatbots' interactions with users, peculiarly teens, Character.AI seems to beryllium playing it safer with a caller "Books" mode. The caller format lets users measurement wrong acquainted worlds for a much structured roleplaying experience, 1 the institution hopes volition broaden perceptions of what AI roleplay tin beryllium beyond romancing minors, encouraging violence, and promoting self-harm.

In a blog post, Character.AI said Books is launching with a catalog of much than 20 classical nationalist domain titles sourced from Project Gutenberg, including Alice successful Wonderland, Pride and Prejudice, Dracula, Frankenstein, …

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