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Controversial chatbot's safety measures 'a sticking plaster'

Character.ai is facing legal action in the US over claims a bot on the site encouraged a teenager to kill his parents.

But Andy Burrows, head of the Molly Rose Foundation, called the announcement "a belated, reactive and completely unsatisfactory response" which he said "seems like a sticking plaster fix to their fundamental safety issues". "It will be an early test for Ofcom to get to grips with platforms like Character.ai and to take action against their persistent failure to tackle completely avoidable harm," he said. Social media expert Matt Navarra said he believed the move to introduce new safety features "reflects a growing recognition of the challenges posed by the rapid integration of AI into our daily lives".

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