Character.AI Shifts to AI Entertainment with 20 Million Users, Storytelling Focus
Summary
Character.AI, with 20 million users, shifts focus from artificial general intelligence to AI entertainment, offering AI-generated stories and conversations, like a 6-year-old girl building mystery tales through voice chats with a Sherlock Holmes chatbot.
Key Points
- Character.AI pivots from pursuing artificial general intelligence to becoming an entertainment company with 20 million users
- The startup's new CEO says it is now focused on selling AI-generated stories and conversations
- A 6-year-old girl uses Character.AI's Sherlock Holmes chatbot to build her own mystery stories by having voice conversations with it