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Kougeru



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:48 am Reply with quote
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Similarly, those who used the chatbot for Love saw a 77% increase in chapters viewed, a 20% rise in readers, a 12% increase in paying users, and a 31% growth in revenue.


I doubt this but this whole article is depressing. Humanity is truly doomed if this is the path we're going on. Can't even get views based off merit so they seduce the readers with chat bots? lmao

Also isn't this one of the companies that joined the anti-piracy thing? AI is basically trained via piracy.... hypocrites
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Multi-Facets



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:55 am Reply with quote
.... [slowly lowers head to desk] Why. Whhhyyyyyy. It's SO unnecessary.
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 12:30 pm Reply with quote
I'm a bit baffled by this, and I don't know why is this being made.

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Currently, Character Chat is not available in the United States.


And I would prefer if it wasn't available outside of Korea/Asia region because ughh...
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The_Outsider



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 2:20 pm Reply with quote
If your readers only engage with the content because of a chatbot, then you should seriously question the quality of said content.

Also this is a reflection of the state of our perpetually online society, companies are going to exploit the hell out of this if governments don't step in, and intervention is needed NOW!
People have already killed themselves over these chatbots, we don't need corps profiting off of this shit.
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TsukasaElkKite



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 5:55 pm Reply with quote
Chat bots are dangerous. The New York Times reported that a teenager ended his life because a chat bot goaded him into doing it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/characterai-lawsuit-teen-suicide.html
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mdo7



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 6:20 pm Reply with quote
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
Chat bots are dangerous. The New York Times reported that a teenager ended his life because a chat bot goaded him into doing it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/technology/characterai-lawsuit-teen-suicide.html


Shocked Whoa OK, I didn't know about this until you just linked that NY Times article. How did I missed that report? But anyway, thanks for sharing that. Sad
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I Am Audrey, how are you



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PostPosted: Sun Apr 27, 2025 7:30 pm Reply with quote
Welp, goodbye webtoon
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