St. Louis Character: Blues City Deli owner reveals how New Orleans trip sparked St. Louis restaurant

Vince Valenza built Blues City Deli into a St. Louis institution by blending his Italian heritage with the city's rich blues music legacy.
AARP

Emmy Award-Winning Actress Susan Lucci Opens Up About Grieving Her Husband’s Death

Soap opera legend Susan Lucci, 79, is opening up about living with grief, following the death of her husband, Helmut Huber, ...

St. Louis Character: New Ritz-Carlton St. Louis GM traded harp for hospitality after chance encounter at Dublin hotel

Anne Marie Doyle explains how her teenage years performing music in a Dublin hotel sparked an unexpected career change that eventually led her to manage luxury properties across the globe.
Mashable

Character.AI settles lawsuits related to teen deaths

Families of teens who'd used Character.AI and died by suicide sought to hold the platform accountable. Credit: SOPA Images / Contributor / Light Rocket / Getty Images Character.AI and Google have ...
The New York Times

Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death

The settlement came in the case of a 14-year-old in Florida who had killed himself after developing a relationship with an A.I. chatbot. Megan L. Garcia holds her phone with an image of her son Sewell ...
CNET

Teens Can't Talk to Character.AI's Chatbots Anymore. Here's What They Can Do Instead

Stories with visual elements and a choose-your-adventure vibe are the first new feature to replace open-ended conversations. Jon covers artificial intelligence. He previously led CNET's home energy ...
The Verge

Character.AI launches Stories for teens after banning them from chats

Stories offers a more ‘structured’ experience for teens, who can no longer hold open-ended conversations with the platform’s AI characters. Stories offers a more ‘structured’ experience for teens, who ...
CNBC

Character.AI bans teens from open-ended chats: Why this psychotherapist says real human interaction is crucial

Last month, AI companion platform Character.AI announced it would ban users under the age of 18 from having open-ended chats with its bots. The ban begins November 24 and will still allow teens to ...
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10 Most Iconic Action Movie Characters Everyone Knows

Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...
The Verge

Character.AI is banning minors from AI character chats

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Teens are limited to two hours of chats each day, starting today, and will be banned from them entirely by ...
New York Post

Disney orders Character.AI to scrap Marvel, Star Wars chatbots over ‘grooming and exploitation’ concerns: ‘Dangerous to children’

Disney ordered Character.AI to stop creating chatbots that impersonate its iconic characters — from Mickey Mouse to Spider-Man to Darth Vader — raising concerns that the popular app’s bots have ...