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A.J. Jacobs
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Character.AI’s Teen Chatbot Crackdown + Elon Musk Groks Wikipedia + 48 Hours Without A.I.
Kevin RooseCasey NewtonA.J. Jacobs
Character.AI will end open-ended chatbot conversations for users under 18 by November 25, sacrificing a core use case after lawsuits, regulatory pressure, and the death of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III.AI companions have reached mass-market scale among teenagers, with 52% regularly using them and nearly one-third finding them as satisfying as or more satisfying than human conversations.Grokipedia’s factual errors and closed editing model leave its truth-seeking claim unproven, while Wikipedia’s deeper risk is losing traffic, contributors, and the human loop sustaining quality.