AI Santa Shows Character Agents Now Hold Hours‑Long Chats
What Changed and Why It Matters A seasonal stunt just signaled a deeper shift. Tavus’ AI Santa reportedly keeps people talking for hours at a time. Other Santa agents from…
Character.AI Hits PMF—Now Faces a Safety Reckoning Around Kids
What Changed and Why It Matters AI character chatbots quietly found product–market fit. Users talk to them for hours, often daily. That intimacy made them sticky—and risky. A wave of…
Why Silicon Valley is backing Balkan AI safety founders
What Changed and Why It Matters Silicon Valley is in open tension with AI safety advocates. Money, policy, and optics now shape the field as much as research. "Nearly all…