Character.AI
Character.ai
Character.AI is an AI-native product that lets users freely role-play and run open-ended conversational "scripts," functioning more as an interactive fiction or fantasy experience than a true companion, in the view of Soul App founder Zhang Lu . Rather than delivering genuine companionship, it satisfies a blend of gaming and reading needs through chat-based interaction in imagined scenarios, where users design small plots for emotional payoff . The product has been cited as a notable reference point in China's AI application landscape, including in a 2024 Linear Capital event on AI's deployment challenges .
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