Character.AI uses your chat conversations, voice recordings, and other interaction data to train its AI systems and develop new AI features.
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Users engaging in potentially personal or sensitive conversations with AI characters may not fully appreciate that their messages and voice inputs can become training material for commercial AI models.
Previous version had no excerpt content; current version now explicitly details the specific uses of user data for AI/ML training including feature development and algorithm creation.
View full change record →Your private chat messages and voice recordings may be used to train Character.AI's AI models, meaning the content of your conversations has a use beyond your immediate interaction with the platform.
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REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR Articles 6 and 13 (lawful basis and transparency for processing personal data for AI training), GDPR Article 9 where chat content reveals special category data, CCPA's sensitive personal information …
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Users engaging in potentially personal or sensitive conversations with AI characters may not fully appreciate that their messages and voice inputs can become training material for commercial AI models.
Your private chat messages and voice recordings may be used to train Character.AI's AI models, meaning the content of your conversations has a use beyond your immediate interaction with the platform.
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