"In the same announcement, the company says it's rolling out a new in-house "age assurance model" that classifies a user's age based on the type of characters they choose to chat with, in combination with other on-site or third-party data information. Both new and existing users will be run through the age model, and users flagged as under-18 will automatically be directed to the company's teen-safe version of its chat, which it rolled out last year, until the November cutoff."
"Character.AI is gradually shutting down chats for people under 18 and rolling out new ways to figure out if users are adults. The company announced Wednesday that under-18 users will be immediately limited to two hours of "open-ended chats" with its AI characters, and that limit will shrink to a complete ban from chats by November 25th. After the ban, teens will still b"
Character.AI will restrict under-18 users immediately to two hours per day of open-ended chats and will ban them from such chats entirely on November 25. The company is deploying an in-house age assurance model that infers age from the types of characters users choose combined with on-site and third-party data. Both new and existing accounts will be evaluated and accounts flagged as under-18 will be routed to a teen-safe chat version until the cutoff. Adults incorrectly flagged can verify age through third-party Persona, which will process sensitive documents like government IDs.
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