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Billy Strings and his drum-tight (but drumless) band brought two sets and 25 songs of pure bluegrass magic to the first of two back-to-back PPG Paints Arena shows on Friday night. I’m already jealous ...

Last week, the embattled chatbot platform Character.AI said that it would move to ban minors from conversing with its many thousands of AI companion and roleplay bots. Site users, including ...

Odessa Young delivers a breakout performance opposite Jeremy Allen White in the 2025 biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. The Staircase alum appears in a romantic subplot as a single mother ...

Artificial intelligence startup Character.AI will ban kids from having conversations with chatbots on its platform following growing pressure from lawmakers and a raft of lawsuits alleging the company ...

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TV thrives on creating characters that audiences can cheer about and care for, particularly since they’ll encounter themes episode after episode. Given the simple preponderance of characters that have ...

Bugs Bunny, Bart Simpson, and Betty Boop have long since been ingrained into the fabric of pop culture, becoming some of the most recognizable animated characters in history. However, since the turn ...

Walt Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI, accusing the company of infringing its intellectual property by generating chatbots trained on Disney content. Disney has previously sued ...