sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 4 months agoMom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down10
arrow-up190arrow-down1external-linkMom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comsabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org · 4 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squaresqgl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI don’t think they contacted the researchers and the linked study does not seem to give the answer (I spent a few minutes looking).
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoI generally don’t go about doing research for free.
minus-squaresqgl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoArs offers free articles while most publications have a paywall, so I imagine funding isn’t as generous as it would have been 30 years ago when such publications would have been in magazine format.
minus-squarePowderhorn@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoArs is actually my only paid subscription. Didn’t need to, but wanted to support their journalism.
I don’t think they contacted the researchers and the linked study does not seem to give the answer (I spent a few minutes looking).
I generally don’t go about doing research for free.
Ars offers free articles while most publications have a paywall, so I imagine funding isn’t as generous as it would have been 30 years ago when such publications would have been in magazine format.
Ars is actually my only paid subscription. Didn’t need to, but wanted to support their journalism.