According to Hoshio, Google, which is a subsidiary of Alphabet, is negotiating with Character.AI to develop an artificial intelligence chatbot in order to coordinate with user demand and respond to the needs of the audience in the best way. According to a well-informed source, this project is supposed to deepen the existing partnership between the two collections. Of course, until now Character AI has refused to publicize the results of negotiations and comment on this matter, and no statement has been published in this regard. Previously, Google and Character AI have cooperated; But these collaborations have mostly been in the field of Google cloud services and Tensor Processing Units (TPU) for training models.
Character.AI The leading entertainment assistant
Noam Shazier and Daniel de Fertis, two old Google employees known as the founders of Character.AI, succeeded in developing this chatbot to provide a different example from other intelligent assistants. This artificial intelligence chatbot has many capabilities and has managed to find its own fans in a short period of time. Using Character.AI, users can chat with virtual and simulated versions of their favorite celebrities, actors, singers, and even anime characters while enjoying the capabilities of an intelligent personal assistant. The use of this chatbot is free for the general public; But some special features require payment. Users can access the full version of this artificial intelligence assistant by paying $9.99 per month and use all its features unlimitedly.
According to Similarweb data, Character.AI chatbots with different roles and tones are most popular with users between the ages of 18 and 24, and about 60% of the website’s traffic is allocated to people in this age range. This statistic shows that Character.AI has been more successful in entertaining the audience than its competitors such as ChatGPT and Bard Google.
Character.AI previously announced that it had 100 million monthly visits in the first six months after its launch.
According to reliable sources, Character.AI has started the process of attracting foreign capital and is negotiating with various investors. Recent investments are expected to value the company at more than $5 billion. However, Character.AI’s negotiations with Google continue and the terms of the contract between these two companies may change.
Conclusion
With the aim of responding to the needs of its users, Google is negotiating with Character.AI to develop an artificial intelligence chatbot. If the current negotiations come to fruition, the value of the Character.AI company will increase significantly and the previous cooperation between the two companies will be deepened. Previously, Google and Character.AI have cooperated in the field of cloud services of this company and TPU; But the new collaborations will bring about a major change in their working process. Of course, it should be noted that no official statement has yet been published in this regard, and Character.AI is currently refraining from publicizing the results and commenting directly on this matter.
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