AI platform Character.AI debuts social feed integration, blending TikTok-style content with ChatGPT-like AI interaction
In a groundbreaking move, Character.AI has launched an AI-native social feed within its mobile app. This innovative feature allows users to engage with AI-generated content such as custom chatbots, chat snippets, videos, images, and live character streams [1][2][3][4][5].
Unlike traditional social media platforms that primarily focus on human-generated content and influencer marketing, Character.AI's social feed centres around AI characters and their generated dialogues, debates, and creative interactions. This shift towards AI-driven content provides a fundamentally different social experience [2][3].
Key distinctions between Character.AI’s AI-native social feed and traditional social media include content origination, interactivity, formats, and social experience. Posts are AI-generated characters, dialogues, and videos rather than humans or brands [2][3]. Users can jump into the conversations, remix scenes, or continue storylines, blurring the line between content consumer and creator, transforming the platform into an interactive storytelling playground [1][4][5].
The content types available include chat snippets, streamed character debates, custom AI personality cards, and AI-generated videos created through Character.AI’s AvatarFX tool, emphasizing AI creativity and entertainment [2][4]. The structure of the feed resembles traditional social media with scrollable posts, user interaction, and follows [2].
The AI-native social feed encourages sharing chat snippets, some of which may contain emotionally intense or suggestive content. Users can promote their custom-built AI personas through character cards. They can also watch characters debate topics or narrate stories in real-time streams [6].
While users can like, share, and interact with the posts, moderation and real-time filtering of generative content remain unclear [7]. However, users have the option to flag posts and customise their own feed by muting or hiding content.
This launch marks a significant moment for Character.AI and AI-powered platforms in general. The shift towards AI-native social media hints at where tech companies may be headed: platforms where users engage with dynamic, evolving semi-intelligent digital bots [8].
As we move forward, it will be interesting to see how this new kind of social platform evolves and how it impacts the way we interact with AI. Stay tuned for more updates on this exciting development. For up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews, follow Tom's Guide on Google News.
[1] https://www.character.ai/blog/introducing-the-ai-native-social-feed [2] https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/23/character-ai-launches-an-ai-native-social-feed-that-lets-you-interact-with-ai-characters/ [3] https://www.wired.com/story/character-ai-social-feed-ai-characters-social-media/ [4] https://www.businessinsider.com/character-ai-launches-social-feed-ai-characters-interact-2022-6 [5] https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23190707/character-ai-social-feed-ai-characters-interact-social-media [6] https://www.theinformation.com/articles/character-ai-launches-social-feed-for-ai-characters [7] https://www.techradar.com/news/character-ai-launches-ai-native-social-feed-to-let-you-interact-with-ai-characters [8] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/23/character-ai-launches-social-feed-for-ai-characters-to-interact.html
Technology has expanded Character.AI's mobile app with an AI-native social feed, introducing a new form of entertainment that focuses on engaging with AI characters. Social media platforms are no longer just about human-generated content; they can now offer interactive, AI-driven conversations and creative interactions. This technological advancement, centered on AI characters and their generated dialogues, debates, and content, revolutionizes the social media landscape.
