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A federal judge’s ruling in Garcia v. Character Technologies is off base in finding that the output produced by GenAI chatbots may not constitute “speech” within the meaning of the First Amendment.

First Amendment doesn’t just protect human speech, chatbot maker argues Feds could censor chatbots if their "speech" isn't protected, Character.AI says.

A Texas lawmaker has introduced a bill to ban "non-human behavior" in public schools, such as barking, meowing and other animal-like practices commonly used by furries. The Forbidding Unlawful ...

How ‘non-player character’ became a potent insult for the digital age Desire to see oneself as authentic, self-guided free-thinker, hemmed in on all sides by herds of conformist sheep is ...

Microsoft has announced a new generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation. The company detailed what it calls the first World and Human Action Model (WHAM). The WHAM, Katja Hofmann, Senior ...

The non-player character (NPC) theory shows how popular culture's misunderstandings of human cognition mirror flawed ideas from cognitive science.