character AI; The startup, which lets users chat with different AI-powered characters, is now testing games on its desktop and mobile web apps to increase engagement on its platform.
Games are available to paid subscribers of Character AI and limited user games on the free plan. For this initial release, the company developed two games, Speakeasy and War of Words.
Users with access to the games can go to the characters they're talking to in the browser and tap the new controller icon. Users can then play games with existing characters. The app shows users a popup to start a new chat for games, so their previous conversation with their previous character is the same.
At the Speakeasy; Users have to get the chatbot to say a specific word without using the five listed words. For example, If you are baking, butter baking France And make the bot say “croissant” without using listed words like flaky words.
In War of Words Users must compete with the character; An AI referee decides who wins over five rounds.
Character AI says it's the company's way of making the service more entertaining.
“As an AI entertainment company, our goal is to find ways to create. Character.AI Experience even more fun and entertainment. We are currently testing a feature that will allow you to play games with your favorite characters while maintaining the experience that users love,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch.
Users already have their own characters. Text based games like this Space Adventure game. However, the company is trying to bring its own games to the platform.
Character AI later passed the top person changes. Co-founders Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas left for Google.. The company hired. YouTube CEO as Chief Product Officerand Dominic Perella, the company's general counsel, became interim CEO.
Perella told TechCrunch in December. Character AI is positioning itself as an entertainment company.. The introduction of games is a step that reinforces that image.
“There are companies in the space focused on connecting people with AI companions, but that's not what we're doing at Character AI. What we want to do is to create a better entertainment platform. So, as we grow, we create stories; As we push towards the goal of sharing stories on our platform, we need to improve our safety practices to be first class,” he said.
I like the platform. YouTube, LinkedInversus Netflix They used games to increase engagement on their platforms. Character AI can take the same route to keep users on the platform longer. According to analytics firm Sensor Tower, Character AI users Spend 98 minutes per day on the app..
last year, The company has added new security tools for teenagers.including more prominent labels on AI characters that inform users that they are not real people after being part of the company; Various Proceedings. The user also activates a timeout reminder for 60 minutes at a time in the app.