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AI startup Character.AI removes Disney characters from its chatbot platform after legal letter
In the latest salvo between Hollywood and artificial intelligence companies, tech start-up Character.AI has removed many Disney characters from its chatbot platform after the Burbank entertainment giant sent the firm a cease-and-desist letter, alleging copyright infringement.
Google's Character.AI Deal Reportedly Draws Antitrust Attention
The Department of Justice is reportedly probing whether a Google artificial intelligence (AI) deal violates antitrust law. At issue is Google's agreement with chatbot maker Character.AI to use that company's AI technology, Bloomberg News reported Thursday (May 22), citing sources familiar with the matter.
Google faces fresh antitrust probe over Character.AI deal
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)'s Google is facing a new Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation, which is probing if the search giant violated antitrust laws through a deal with Character.AI, a popular AI chatbot company. Per a Bloomberg report citing people with knowledge of the matter, the investigation is focused on whether Google structured the agreement to bypass formal government merger reviews.
Google, AI firm must face lawsuit filed by a mother over suicide of son, US court says
Alphabet's Google and artificial-intelligence startup Character.AI must face a lawsuit from a Florida woman who said Character.AI's chatbots caused her 14-year-old son's suicide, a judge ruled on Wednesday.
Character Group cuts interim dividend as US-China uncertainties linger
Character Group PLC (AIM:CCT) has reported first-half revenue of £53 million, down from £57.6 million in the prior year, meanwhile, attentions are fixed on the impact of Donald Trump's tariffs. Today, the UK-based Peppa Pig and Dr Who toy seller noted that US sales accounted for 20% of group sales in the last financial year, and substantially all of the group's products sold in the USA are manufactured in China.
The Character Group confident in 2025 catalogue
Character Group PLC (AIM:CCT) said Christmas trading, and the preceding four months, was very similar on a like-for-like basis to the prior year. Looking to the remainder of its financial year, which ends 31 August, the company said it continues to expect consistent sales and revenues in line with its previous year.
Mother sues AI chatbot company Character.AI, Google sued over son's suicide
A Florida mother has sued artificial intelligence chatbot startup Character.AI accusing it of causing her 14-year-old son's suicide in February, saying he became addicted to the company's service and deeply attached to a chatbot it created.
Google Reportedly Spent $2.7 Billion to Rehire Character.AI Founder
Google reportedly paid $2.7 billion to rehire ex-employee/AI guru Noam Shazeer. According to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Shazeer, who co-authored research that helped popularize artificial intelligence (AI), left Google in frustration after the company refused to release a chatbot he had developed.
Google appoints former Character.AI founder as co-lead of its AI models
Google has appointed Noam Shazeer, the former head of startup Character.AI and before that a long-time Google researcher, to co-lead its main AI project.
Ex-Google engineers who founded Character.AI re-join company with new AI partnership
Character.AI co-founders and former Google engineers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas are returning to the search giant's AI unit Deepmind. The two started one of the hottest AI companies after leaving Google in 2021.
Google hires Character.AI cofounders and licenses its models, The Information reports
Alphabet's Google has agreed to pay a licensing fee to chatbot maker Character.AI for its models and will hire its cofounders and many of its researchers, The Information reported on Friday.
