By BARBARA ORTUTAY

Character.AI is banning minors from using its chatbots amid growing concerns about the effects of artificial intelligence conversations on children. The company is facing several lawsuits over child safety, including by the mother of a teenager who says the company’s chatbots pushed her teenage son to kill himself.

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Character Technologies, the Menlo Park, California-based company behind Character.AI, said Wednesday it will be removing

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