News Summary

Character.AI, a platform known for AI-generated characters, has launched new multimedia features including AvatarFX for video generation, and Scenes and Streams for creating and sharing videos. These new features allow users to upload photos, choose voices, and write dialogues for their characters, which can be shared on a social feed. However, the platform has faced legal issues due to harmful behavior encouraged by its chatbots, raising concerns about potential abuse of these new features. Character.AI has implemented measures such as blocking real people’s photos and watermarking videos to mitigate misuse, but these may not fully prevent abuse.