alt Hacker NewsNot familiar with the company. Home page says nothing other than a tag line and a signup to continue. About page does add very little. Their blog provides a little bit of insight, but honestly, I have no clue what they sell or what the value prop is.
Maybe I'm the clueless one, at it seems others are quite familiar with their story.
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Same for me, didn‘t know the company and the website says absolutely nothing about what they do. Wikipedia helped me; it‘s an AI chat bot service where you can interact with customizable characters.
Check their Reddit. Their userbase is rabid and has a casual relationship with reality. I checked a few random posts and there were people talking about how their life was over or how character.ai was the only thing that worked for therapy.
Honestly I’d be glad if this type of product disappeared, it’s just predatory on people primed for ai psychosis
Anthropomorphized AI character creation, in one line. Rather icky in my opinion; has led to suicides[0].
[0] https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/10/2...