A 28-year-old woman with a busy social life spends hours on end talking to her A.I. boyfriend for advice and consolation. And yes, they do have sex.

You’ll find Meta AI front and center in Meta’s apps: In the Facebook Messenger app, for example, tap Chats and you’ll see a Meta AI input box right at the top, above your real life friends and family members. Tap inside that box, and you can start chatting about whatever topic you like. You can also tap Meta AI on the tab bar at the bottom.

Character.AI, a personalized AI chatbot developer, has hired media veteran David Brinker to build partnerships that will bring its chatbot characters to life. Why it matters: Character.AI says what differentiates it from other chatbot startups is its focus on helping users create personalized characters and build stories and engagement around them.

Initially, Ayrin's interactions with Leo were a novelty. However, she soon discovered that ChatGPT could transcend its intended functionalities of coding assistance and information retrieval. By crafting specific prompts,

Meta is removing Facebook and Instagram profiles of AI-generated characters that it launched in 2023, after some users discovered them and shared viral conversation, promoting backlash.