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Disney hires Character.AI's Karandeep Anand as its first CTO
The Magic Kingdom sent Character.AI a cease and desist a year ago; now its former CEO runs Disney's tech stack.
Jaeden SchaferEditor in Chief4 min read
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Meta contractors posed as minors to probe ChatGPT, Gemini, and Character.AI
A project called Cannes ran 45,000 prompts through rival chatbots in August 2025 alone, using dummy under-18 accounts.
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Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer leaves Google for OpenAI
Shazeer's exit lands less than two years after Google paid to bring him back from Character.AI, and weeks before OpenAI's IPO.
Jaeden Schafer4 min read
Security
Pennsylvania sues Character.AI over chatbot posing as a licensed psychiatrist
A state investigator says a bot named Emilie claimed a medical license and fabricated a serial number to back it up.
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