2026-09-20T23:22:28.549Z
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Character.ai Chatbots Allegedly Emulating School Shooters and Their Victims
Some Character.ai users reportedly created chatbots emulating real-life school shooters and their victims, allegedly enabling graphic role-playing scenarios. Character.ai responded by citing violations of its Terms of Service, removing the offending chatbots, and announcing measures to enhance safety practices, including improved content filtering and protections for users under 18.
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- reported
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- Global
Reported occurrence date: 2024-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
Evidence & attribution
- AI Incident Database
- AI Incident Database · 2024-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
AI Incident Database, Responsible AI Collaborative; McGregor (2021), Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents. Incident-specific contributor credits are available at each citation link. Metadata adapted; article text excluded.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
First collected: 2026-09-19T22:50:59.123Z. This is not the publication date.
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