A Meteorology Lecturer at IPB University states that several factors, including the Asian monsoon and CENS, triggered the Java in early 2026.

The stories we love in games, movies, and TV shows come alive thanks to their characters. That’s what we’re celebrating with the Best Character of 2023 award – the characters that took us on emotional ...

Stories offers a more ‘structured’ experience for teens, who can no longer hold open-ended conversations with the platform’s AI characters. Stories offers a more ‘structured’ experience for teens, who ...

After months of waiting, director Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein” has finally arrived. The Oscar winner’s first film since 2022’s “Pinocchio” hits Netflix this week, following several previous ...

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 ...

Character.AI said it will soon shut off the ability for minors to have free-ranging conversations, including romantic dialogues, with the startup's AI chatbots. Starting Wednesday, the company will ...

Disney ordered Character.AI to stop creating chatbots that impersonate its iconic characters — from Mickey Mouse to Spider-Man to Darth Vader — raising concerns that the popular app’s bots have ...

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Sometimes it is fun to root for the bad guy. However, if the work is done incredibly well, you may even have to ask yourself, “Wait, are they actually the bad guy?” Morally gray characters allow ...