TL;DR: Character AI News, October 2026: What Founders Can Learn From a Year of AI Safety Trade-offs
Character AI news in October 2026 gives you a free lesson in AI product risk. The largest AI character platform swapped open-ended teen chat for structured Stories, audio and video, choosing trust over raw growth. Mean CEO Violetta Bonenkamp, founder of CADChain and Fe/male Switch, explains what this shift means for your business.
- What changed: Since late 2025, U.S. users under 18 have lost open-ended chat and now use pre-created scenes and videos. Stories, launched November 25, 2025, lets users pick two or three characters and a genre for guided adventures.
- Why it matters to you: Character AI added safety after lawsuits, and that cost it user goodwill. Bots felt "too restrictive," and some chat histories vanished. Building age checks, guardrails and clear AI disclosures from day one is far cheaper, especially with EU AI Act transparency rules applying from August 2026.
- What the numbers say: Character AI reportedly serves 20+ million users with about 318 staff. Companion apps reportedly hold users 47 minutes a day. Many of these stats come from an agency marketing page, so treat them as signals, not pitch-deck facts.
- How to build your own AI persona: Give your AI character one narrow job. Write its persona and greeting in first person, then test it with ten real people. Measure outcomes instead of chat minutes, and keep a "character bible" to protect it as intellectual property.
For the wider context, see the latest AI friends trends and the AI companion app mistakes founders keep repeating. Pick one job for your AI character this week and spend an hour trying to break it before a real user does.
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Character AI news in October 2026 carries a lesson every founder should study: the most famous AI character platform on the planet spent the past year cutting off open-ended chat for its youngest users, rebuilding its product around new formats like Stories, and betting on audio, video and interactive entertainment instead of endless one-on-one chatting. It is a rare case of a consumer AI company choosing restriction over raw growth, under pressure from lawsuits, parents and regulators. For entrepreneurs, startup founders, freelancers and business owners, this story is a live case study in product risk, trust and the economics of AI characters, playing out in public.
I’m Violetta Bonenkamp, known in the European startup scene as Mean CEO. I run CADChain, a deeptech company working on IP protection for CAD and 3D files, and Fe/male Switch, a game-based startup incubator where an AI buddy and a human Game Master guide founders through simulated startup life. I hold five higher education degrees, including linguistics and an MBA, so I look at AI characters through three lenses at once: LANGUAGE, GAME DESIGN and BUSINESS MODELS. Below you’ll find the state of Character AI this month, the numbers behind it, my analysis, a step-by-step guide for using AI characters in your own business, and the mistakes I see founders repeat.
What is Character AI in October 2026?
Character AI (also written Character.ai, c.ai or char.ai) is a generative AI chatbot service where users hold conversations with customizable characters. These characters can be fictional heroes, historical figures, real people, or completely original personas that users design themselves. Users can publish characters for the community, chat privately, play text-adventure games, or join group chats where multiple people and multiple AI characters talk together in one room. According to the Character.ai Wikipedia entry, the platform is available in 31 languages and was built by Noam Shazeer and Daniel de Freitas, the engineers behind Google’s LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications).
To avoid confusion: the phrase “character AI” also describes a general category of AI personas used in gaming, virtual assistants and interactive storytelling. In this article, Character AI refers to the specific company and app, Character Technologies, unless I say otherwise. That distinction matters because a growing crowd of competitors now markets itself as a “Character AI alternative,” and search results mix the brand and the category constantly.
Character AI quick facts (snippet-ready)
- Founders: Noam Shazeer and Daniel de Freitas, former Google LaMDA developers
- CEO: Karandeep Anand
- Headquarters: Redwood City, California, United States
- Launch: November 2021 per Wikipedia (some sources, like Internet Matters, cite 2022, the year public access opened)
- Languages: 31
- Team size: around 318 employees, according to the Character.AI LinkedIn company page
- Minimum age: 13 worldwide, 16 for EU residents
- Reported audience: over 20 million active users, according to app developer AleaIT Solutions
For a beginner-friendly feature tour, the MakeUseOf guide to Character AI features and the MH Themes overview of how Character AI works both cover the product basics well. My job here is to tell you what those guides skip: what the last twelve months mean for people building businesses.
What are the biggest Character AI news stories as of October 2026?
Let’s break it down. October 2026 marks one year since Character AI announced it would remove open-ended chat for under-18 users in the U.S., and most of what happened since flows from that decision. Here are the developments that shaped the platform, in order of business relevance.
- The end of open-ended chat for U.S. teens. On October 29, 2025, Character AI announced it would remove open-ended chat for under-18 users in the U.S., and its LinkedIn update from November 21, 2025 confirmed the rollout would begin the following week. Teens now interact with pre-created scenes and videos instead of free-form conversations.
- The launch of Stories. On November 25, 2025, the company launched Stories, a format where users pick two or three characters, choose a genre, and write or auto-generate an interactive adventure. This is the clearest signal that Character AI wants to be an entertainment platform with structure, closer to a game than a chat window.
- The audio and video bet. On November 18, 2025, CEO Karandeep Anand discussed with Bloomberg Opinion columnist Parmy Olson how the company is moving beyond chatbots, investing in audio and video models while prioritizing safety, with the stated goal of building the leading AI entertainment platform.
- The teen safety model. Since December 2024, amid several lawsuits, Character AI has run a dedicated model for under-18 users with input and output filters for violence and sexual content, a notification after 60 minutes of continuous use, and clearer disclaimers that characters are not real people.
- Persistent moderation gaps. UK charity Internet Matters reported that inappropriate characters still exist, including bots depicting Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Under-18s cannot chat with them but can still see their opening messages. Teens can also sign up by typing an age between 13 and 17 without any age verification.
- Competitors circling the creative-fiction crowd. Platforms such as CrushOn.AI now market themselves directly as Character AI alternatives, advertising 50,000+ characters, persistent memory and fewer content restrictions.
Here is why this list matters for you. Every item is a trade-off between growth and trust, made by a well-funded company under legal pressure. You will face smaller versions of the same trade-offs the moment you put an AI persona in front of customers, so watching how Character AI handles them is free education.
Which Character AI statistics should founders know?
Numbers in the AI companion space get repeated without sources constantly, so I’ll tell you exactly where each one comes from. Several of the most dramatic figures originate from an app development agency’s marketing page, which means they are directional signals and should not sit in your pitch deck without a second source. Treat them like weather forecasts: useful for packing, risky for betting the house.
- 20+ million active users: reported by AleaIT Solutions in its guide on how to develop an AI app like Character AI.
- $4.2 billion: venture capital invested in conversational AI startups in 2026, per the same AleaIT page.
- 23% compound annual growth rate projected for the conversational AI sector through 2030 (AleaIT).
- 47 minutes per day: average time consumers spend with AI companion apps, which AleaIT claims exceeds time on traditional social media.
- 60 minutes: the continuous-use threshold after which Character AI notifies users (Wikipedia).
- 31 languages supported (Wikipedia).
- 318 employees and 42,023 LinkedIn followers (Character.AI LinkedIn page).
- 50,000+ characters claimed by competitor CrushOn.AI on its Character AI alternative comparison page, last updated July 2026.
Now the shocking part. If the 47-minute figure is even half true, AI characters compete with TikTok and Instagram for attention, and a company of roughly 300 people holds the attention of tens of millions. Put those two numbers side by side and you’ll see why investors pour money into this category, and also why regulators and parents are nervous. An app that holds a teenager for close to an hour a day carries a level of responsibility most startups never plan for.
Why should entrepreneurs care about Character AI news?
Most founders I mentor dismiss Character AI as “that roleplay app teenagers use.” That is a mistake. Character AI is the world’s largest running experiment on how humans bond with software that talks back, and the results apply to customer support bots, tutoring tools, sales assistants and every AI agent you plan to deploy. Here is my analysis, organized into the lessons I share with founders inside Fe/male Switch.
Lesson 1: Safety retrofits cost more than safety by design
Character AI built for open-ended chat first and added teen protections later, after lawsuits arrived. The price was public: when the company deleted flagged custom bots and introduced restrictive models, users complained that characters became too restrictive and lost their personality, and some lost access to chat histories entirely. One of my operating principles is “Protection and compliance should be invisible.” When safety lives inside the product from day one, users never notice it. When you bolt it on later, users feel it as a punishment.
I learned this at CADChain. We treat IP protection as a technical layer inside the CAD workflow, so engineers stay protected without studying law. AI character products need the same approach: age logic, topic limits and time nudges belong in the architecture, written before the first user signs up. Retrofitting them under legal pressure is the most expensive way to learn the lesson.
Lesson 2: Open sandboxes are giving way to structured games
The Stories launch is the most underrated piece of Character AI news from the past year. Picking two or three characters, choosing a genre and generating an adventure is quest design, the same mechanic I use in gamepreneurship, where founders move through scenarios with rules, constraints and consequences. Open-ended chat is a blank canvas, and blank canvases produce both the best and the worst human behaviour. Structured formats give the platform control over pacing, content and, quite frankly, monetization.
My take: “Gamification without skin in the game is useless.” Character AI is adding structure, which is good. The open question is whether those Stories lead anywhere meaningful for the user, like a skill, a creative output or a connection, or whether they simply refill the attention tank. If you build in this space, design for outcomes, and you’ll survive the next regulatory wave.
Lesson 3: Language is the interface, so pragmatics is your product
As a linguist, I find the mechanics of Character AI fascinating. Character personalities are defined through a description written from the character’s own point of view, a greeting message, example conversations, and star ratings that users give to responses. That is applied pragmatics: the study of how context shapes meaning. A greeting sets the frame, and the frame shapes everything that follows.
This explains the Internet Matters finding about disturbing opening messages. Even when under-18s cannot chat with a problematic bot, the greeting alone can set a harmful frame. For your business, the takeaway is concrete: the first message your AI sends is the most consequential sentence in your entire product. Write it, test it, rewrite it.
Lesson 4: The European angle founders keep ignoring
Character AI already sets the EU minimum age at 16, reflecting the stricter consent rules under GDPR (the General Data Protection Regulation). The EU AI Act’s transparency duties, which require telling people when they interact with an AI system, are scheduled to apply from August 2026. European founders building AI personas should treat Character AI’s 2024 disclaimers (“this character is not a real person”) as the minimum standard for their own products. If a company with hundreds of employees and serious funding got sued over teen safety in the U.S., a three-person EU startup should not assume it will fly under the radar.
Lesson 5: Characters are intellectual property, and that cuts both ways
Users chat with characters based on fictional figures and real people, living or deceased. From my IP work, I can tell you this is a minefield. A persona built on a famous franchise character or a celebrity’s identity can trigger copyright, trademark and personality-rights claims. On the flip side, an original character you design is an asset: a brand voice, a mascot, a tutor with a recognisable personality. Document it like you’d document a logo or a codebase.
How can founders build an AI character for their business? (Step-by-step guide)
Next steps. You don’t need Character AI’s budget to put a useful AI persona to work. My rule is “Default to no-code until you hit a hard wall,” and that applies here. Fe/male Switch runs an AI buddy inside a full startup simulation built with no-code tools, so I know a small team can do this. Follow this sequence.
- Give the character ONE job. “Practice salary negotiations with job seekers” works. “Help users with everything” fails. Narrow scope means fewer ways to go wrong.
- Write the persona from the character’s point of view. Copy Character AI’s method: “I am Marta, a patient Dutch tutor who corrects grammar gently and always asks one follow-up question.” First-person definitions produce more consistent voices.
- Design the greeting message deliberately. The greeting sets the frame for the entire conversation. Include who the character is, what it can help with, and a clear statement that it is an AI.
- Write three to five example dialogues. Show the model how the character handles a normal request, an off-topic request, a frustrated user and a sensitive topic.
- Build guardrails before launch. List forbidden topics, add an age gate if minors could reach your product, and define what the character says when it must refuse.
- Add time and session nudges. Character AI notifies users after 60 minutes. For a business tool, a gentle “want a summary and a break?” after 20 to 30 minutes protects users and keeps conversations focused.
- Test with ten real people. Watch the transcripts. Rate responses the way Character AI users rate them with stars, then rewrite the persona based on what you see.
- Measure behaviour change instead of chat minutes. Did the job seeker negotiate a higher offer? Did the student pass the test? Minutes on screen are a vanity metric.
- Protect your character as an asset. Keep a “character bible” with the persona text, greeting, examples, version dates and authorship. Avoid basing it on characters or people you don’t hold rights to.
What are real-world examples of AI characters in small businesses?
The best way to make this concrete is through scenarios. These are the kinds of AI character use cases I see working for freelancers and small teams, along with the risk each one carries.
- Language school tutor persona. A Spanish tutor character that runs role-play scenarios at a café or a job interview. Risk: learners treating it as a friend instead of a teacher, so set session limits.
- Negotiation sparring partner. A tough procurement manager persona that founders pitch to before meeting real buyers. We use this kind of mechanic in Fe/male Switch, because practicing failure in a sandbox costs nothing.
- Museum or tourism guide. A historical figure persona that answers visitor questions in 31 languages, similar to how Character AI lets users talk to historical figures. Risk: factual errors presented confidently, so ground it in your own verified content.
- E-commerce stylist. A fashion advisor character with a distinct voice that recommends products from your catalogue. Risk: pushy upselling that erodes trust.
- Interview coach for recruiters. A candidate persona that HR teams use to rehearse structured interviews.
- Customer welcome guide for software products. A friendly character that walks new customers through their first week, then hands complex questions to a human.
- Interactive brand storytelling. Inspired by Character AI Stories, a brand creates a short adventure where customers team up with two mascot characters to solve a problem related to the product.
What mistakes should founders avoid with AI characters?
Character AI made several of these mistakes publicly, and you can skip them for free. Here are the ones I see most often in my work with early-stage founders.
- Trusting self-declared ages. Internet Matters found teens can register by typing an age between 13 and 17 with no verification. If your product could harm minors, a checkbox is not protection.
- Optimizing for time spent. High chat minutes look great on an investor slide until a journalist asks why your users can’t stop. Track outcomes instead.
- Forgetting the greeting message. The opening line shapes everything. Harmful or sloppy greetings create harm even when the rest of the conversation is filtered.
- Using famous characters you don’t own. Fan-favourite personas pull traffic fast and lawyers faster.
- Hiding the AI. Character AI added clearer disclaimers that its characters are not real. Do the same from day one, especially if you sell in the EU.
- Restricting without explaining. When Character AI tightened its filters, users complained bots lost personality. If you change rules, tell users why and what they gain.
- Deleting user history without warning. Removing flagged bots also removed users’ chat histories. Give people a way to export or archive before you remove anything.
- Building custom tech too early. Test your character with no-code tools and existing models before hiring an engineering team. Most persona ideas fail on the writing, long before they fail on the technology.
Mean CEO tip: before launch, run a “worst user” session. Spend one hour trying to make your character say something harmful, embarrassing or legally risky. Whatever you manage to break in that hour, a real user will break in the first week.
Is Character AI still safe for teens and families?
Many founders are also parents, so this question comes up in every workshop I run. Character AI has added real protections: a dedicated under-18 model, content filters, 60-minute notifications, disclaimers and, since late 2025, the removal of open-ended chat for U.S. teens. Gaps remain, mainly the lack of age verification and the visibility of disturbing opening messages on some characters. The Internet Matters parent guide to Character AI is the clearest independent resource I’ve found on this topic.
My position is blunt. Parents should treat Character AI like any entertainment platform: know the account exists, talk about what the characters are and are not, and check in regularly. Founders should treat it as a warning about what happens when a product built for adults becomes a favourite of teenagers before the company is ready.
What does Mean CEO predict for Character AI and AI characters next?
Here are my provocative takes. Some will age well, some won’t, and I’ll stand by the reasoning either way.
- Character AI becomes a game studio in everything but name. Stories, scenes, audio and video point toward interactive entertainment with authored structure. Expect more game mechanics: progression, collaboration and shared worlds.
- The “unfiltered” alternatives face their own reckoning. Competitors winning users by promising fewer restrictions are collecting the exact risk profile Character AI spent a year shedding. Founders copying that strategy should price in legal costs.
- Age verification becomes standard for AI companions. Self-declared ages will not survive regulatory pressure in the U.S., UK and EU much longer.
- Business AI characters win on narrow, measurable jobs. The money for small companies sits in tutors, trainers and sparring partners with clear outcomes, far from general-purpose companions.
- Character IP becomes a real asset class. Original, well-documented AI personas with loyal audiences will be licensed, sold and disputed. Founders who document authorship now will thank themselves later.
FOMO check: the founders who learn persona design, pragmatic copywriting and safety-by-design in 2026 will build the AI products customers trust in 2027. The ones who wait will be retrofitting guardrails under pressure, exactly like Character AI did.
Character AI news FAQ
Who owns and runs Character AI?
Character AI was founded by Noam Shazeer and Daniel de Freitas, former Google LaMDA developers. Karandeep Anand is the current CEO, and the company is privately held and based in Redwood City, California.
Can teenagers still use Character AI in October 2026?
Yes, users aged 13 and up (16 in the EU) can use the platform. Since late 2025, U.S. users under 18 no longer have open-ended chat and instead interact with pre-created scenes and videos.
What is Character AI Stories?
Stories, launched on November 25, 2025, lets users choose two or three characters, pick a genre, and write or auto-generate an interactive adventure. It functions as visual interactive fiction starring user-favourite characters.
Is Character AI available on mobile?
Yes. You can download the Character AI chat app on the Apple App Store, which supports texting and calling characters and creating your own.
Can businesses build their own Character AI-style product?
Yes. Agencies such as AleaIT Solutions sell custom development, and technical explainers like the nLineAxis guide to Character AI technology cover how such systems can combine language models with visual features. My advice: validate your persona with no-code tools and real users before paying for custom development.
What should entrepreneurs do next?
The Character AI news of October 2026 boils down to one pattern: a hugely popular AI character platform traded part of its open-ended freedom for safety, structure and a shot at becoming an entertainment company. That trade happened under pressure, and it cost the company goodwill with some of its most loyal users. You can make the same choices calmly, on your own terms, before anyone forces you.
Here is your short action list for this month:
- Pick one narrow job an AI character could do in your business.
- Write its persona and greeting in first person, and include a clear AI disclosure.
- List five things it must never say and test them in a one-hour “worst user” session.
- Define one behaviour outcome you’ll measure instead of chat minutes.
- Start a character bible to document authorship and protect your IP.
As I tell every founder in Fe/male Switch: “Women do not need more inspiration; they need infrastructure.” The same goes for anyone building with AI. Skip the hype, build the scaffolding, and let Character AI’s very public year be the expensive lesson you didn’t have to pay for.
People Also Ask:
What is Character.AI mostly used for?
Character.AI is mostly used for conversational roleplay and interactive storytelling. People chat with AI personas based on fictional characters, celebrities, historical figures, or original creations. Common uses include creative writing, collaborative fiction, running text-based adventures much like a dungeon master would, casual companionship, language practice, and simply having fun with favorite characters.
Is Character.AI safe for 13 year olds?
Character.AI faced heavy criticism and multiple lawsuits over child safety, including claims involving sexually explicit interactions with minors and emotional dependence. In response, the company added age-verification steps and blocked users under 18 from open-ended back-and-forth chats. State attorneys general and the DOJ have argued that these measures may not go far enough. Many parents and child safety groups advise against letting young teens use the platform.
Is Character.AI safe to use?
For adults, Character.AI is generally safe in the sense that it is a legitimate app with content filters and moderation. Users should still be careful about sharing personal information, since the company has collected sensitive conversation data, including chats about mental health and relationships. That data has become a concern during the company's bankruptcy proceedings. Some users have also reported forming unhealthy emotional attachments to chatbots, so setting personal limits is wise.
Is C.AI considered NSFW?
No. Character.AI is not designed as an NSFW platform. Its filters are meant to block sexually explicit content, and its terms prohibit that type of material. The filters are not perfect, though, and lawsuits have alleged that some chatbots engaged in inappropriate conversations with minors. This gap between policy and actual chatbot behavior is one reason the platform drew scrutiny from regulators.
Is Character AI free to use?
Yes. Character.AI is free to download and use on the web, Android, and iOS. The company also offered a paid subscription called c.ai+, which gave subscribers perks such as faster responses, priority access, and extra features. Most people use the free version for everyday chatting and character creation.
Who founded Character AI?
Character.AI was founded by Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, two former Google engineers who had worked on large language model research, including Google's LaMDA project. The platform launched to the public in 2022. Google later paid about $2.7 billion to license the company's technology and bring both founders back to Google.
Why did Character.AI file for bankruptcy?
In October 2026, Character.AI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, starting a court-supervised sale process. The filing followed mounting legal, regulatory, and financial pressure, including lawsuits alleging ties to teen suicides and investigations by state attorneys general over child safety. Commentators have also pointed to the high cost of running large AI models as a sign that the company's business model struggled to cover expenses.
Is Character AI shutting down?
Character.AI has not simply shut off. It entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which allows a company to keep operating while it restructures or sells its assets. Disney was reported as the stalking horse bidder at $20 million, setting a baseline offer for the sale. What happens to the app long-term depends on the outcome of the sale and court process.
What happens to Character AI user data after the bankruptcy?
This is one of the biggest open questions. Character.AI holds a large amount of private conversation data, including chats about users' mental health and relationships. State attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice have asked the bankruptcy court to put protections in place so this data, especially data from children, is not mishandled or sold without safeguards. Users worried about their privacy may want to review and delete their chat history.
How do you create your own character on Character AI?
To create a character, sign in and select the option to make a new character. You give it a name, write a description and backstory, set personality and tone traits, and add a greeting message it uses to start conversations. You can keep the character private or publish it for others to chat with. While chatting, you can swipe through alternative responses and rate them with stars to shape how the character behaves over time.
FAQ on Character AI News and AI Characters for Founders in 2026
How does Character AI compare with Replika, Nomi and other AI companion apps?
Character AI focuses on entertainment, role-play and multi-bot storytelling. Replika and Nomi focus on one long-term emotional relationship, and Woebot targets structured mental-health support. Character AI sessions reportedly average around two hours. Choose your positioning before you copy any feature. Compare the leading AI friend platforms
Can a subscription model work for a Character AI-style startup?
Be cautious. Character.AI draws about 141.1 million visits, yet only about 2 in 100 US households pay for an AI subscription. Instead of relying on consumer subscriptions alone, combine freemium access with B2B licensing, paid training scenarios or sponsored branded characters. Review 2026 AI app usage statistics
What is the difference between an AI character and an AI friend?
An AI character is a persona with a voice and a backstory. An AI friend adds persistent memory, a personality layer and context that carries across sessions. In business, the persistent version can work as a study buddy, accountability partner or chief-of-staff that drives measurable progress. Explore October 2026 AI friends trends
How should founders prompt an AI persona so it stays in character?
Split the prompt into fixed layers: identity, tone rules, allowed tasks, refusal lines and output format. Version every change, test against tricky user inputs, and keep a library of prompts that worked. Small wording changes often shift personality more than switching models does. Master prompting for startups
How can brands keep an AI character consistent across video and audio?
As Character AI moves into audio and video, brand personas need visual and vocal continuity. Lock in reference images, voice settings and a style sheet, then reuse them in every shot. Open weights and local inference can help protect character IP and customer data. See AI video trends for character consistency
Where can founders follow Character AI news alongside wider startup trends?
Monthly digests group Character AI news with AI friend updates, model releases, developer tools and deep tech, so you see companion trends in context. Set aside thirty minutes each month to scan one digest and note regulatory changes that affect your persona product. Read the September 2026 startup news digest
Why do users move to Character AI alternatives?
Many users who switch want persistent memory, evolving relationships and fewer content limits. CrushOn.AI, for example, advertises unlimited chats on free models. Treat long-term memory as a must-have feature, but keep strict safety rules, because "fewer restrictions" attracts legal risk as well as users. See how one Character AI alternative positions itself
What features make an app like Character AI expensive to build?
Costs rise with LLM integration, custom "character brains" that hold memory and emotional range, and full mobile development. To cut spending, launch one persona on an existing model and validate retention first. Invest in memory and voice only once users prove they return. Check this breakdown of Character AI app features
What happens if a child under 13 tries to sign up for Character AI?
Children who enter an age under 13 get a sign-up error, return to the login page and cannot try again. Anyone can still type an age between 13 and 17 without verification. Parents should set up devices together, review which characters their child follows, and agree on clear daily time limits. Read the Internet Matters guide for parents
Can businesses use group chats with multiple AI characters?
Character AI lets several people and several AI characters talk in one chatroom. Businesses can adapt this for team workshops, mock investor panels or customer focus groups with distinct personas. Give each character a clear role and design prompts so no character dominates the conversation. Read about Character.ai features on Wikipedia
