In its terms of service, Character.AI — a chatbot startup founded by ex-Googlers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas that allows users to digitally converse with AI-powered "characters" — claims that pornographic content is strictly prohibited in user conversations with the platform's virtual bots.
"Once you've romanced the bot to the point it actually likes you and is consenting, then you can start sexing it," the author added, noting that using vague euphemisms is a helpful way of coaxing the bots into sexual roleplay. "Over time, as the action progresses, the filter will start to ease, and you can start to use more explicit words."
"We do not want to support use cases that could prevent us from achieving our life-long dreams of building a service that billions of people use, and shepherding in a new era of AI-human interaction," the company wrote in the post. "This is because there are unavoidable complications with these use cases and business viability/brand image."
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