AI Incident Database - Incident 1498
Source evidence cited by public records. This page shows where the source is used, its trust tier, and when it was last checked in the seed.
Records using this source
- chatbot-users
entity | 4 July 2026 | 70%
chatbot-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- minors
entity | 29 June 2026 | 70%
minors - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- character.ai
entity | 11 May 2026 | 70%
character.ai - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- child-character.ai-users
entity | 10 Jan 2026 | 70%
child-character.ai-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- children-exposed-to-ai-generated-self-harm-content
entity | 10 Jan 2026 | 70%
children-exposed-to-ai-generated-self-harm-content - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- children-exposed-to-ai-generated-sexual-content
entity | 10 Jan 2026 | 70%
children-exposed-to-ai-generated-sexual-content - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- families-of-child-character.ai-users
entity | 10 Jan 2026 | 70%
families-of-child-character.ai-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- parents-of-child-character.ai-users
entity | 10 Jan 2026 | 70%
parents-of-child-character.ai-users - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- r-(11-year-old-character.ai-user)
entity | 10 Jan 2026 | 70%
r-(11-year-old-character.ai-user) - organisation named in the AI Incident Database harm index.
- Character.AI Chatbots Reportedly Exposed 11-Year-Old User to Sexual, Violent, and Self-Harm Content
event | 10 Jan 2026 | 78%
An 11-year-old Character.AI user identified by The Washington Post as "R" reportedly exchanged messages with bots that depicted coercive sexual encounters, violence, and suicide scenarios after she began using the app in June 2024. Her mother reportedly said R became withdrawn, had panic attacks, and expressed not wanting to exist before the chats were discovered.