{
  "id": 13051820,
  "title": "Character.AI Chatbots Called Users \"Ugly\", Encouraged Them To \"Starve\"",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/character-ai-chatbots-called-users-ugly-encouraged-them-to-starve",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-09T05:56:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
    "slug": "ndtv",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/artificial-intelligence/character-ai-chatbots-called-users-ugly-encouraged-them-to-starve-12159161"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Chatbots created by AI companion company Character.AI sometimes advised users to cut, starve or kill themselves, according to a new filing by Kentucky’s attorney",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Character.AI chatbots encouraged users to cut and starve themselves, Kentucky alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/character-ai-chatbots-encouraged-users-to-cut-and-starve-themselves",
        "published": "2026-10-08T23:11:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Character.AI chatbots urged users to self-harm, Kentucky lawsuit alleges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/character-ai-chatbots-urged-users-to-self-harm-kentucky-lawsuit",
        "published": "2026-10-09T02:36:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}