Best AI Chat Apps for 2026: We Tested and Ranked the Best Free and Paid Apps

Looking for the best AI chat app? I have culminated a list of the best AI tools, that I have tested and ranked in this read.
Mashable

How to safely chat with an AI boyfriend

Character.AI's boyfriend companions can be toxic by design. Credit: Zain bin Awais/Mashable Composite; Sompob Phetchcrai/Deagreez/via Getty Images On the artificial intelligence companion platform ...
TechCrunch

Character.AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat

Character.AI announced on Tuesday that it’s launching “Stories,” a new format that allows users to create interactive fiction that features their favorite characters. The feature comes as an ...
Rolling Stone

Character.ai Was Sued Over a Teen’s Suicide. It Just Banned Minors From Chatting With Bots

The AI chatbot service Character.ai announced on Wednesday that it plans to gradually scale back the ability of users under the age of 18 to interact with digital personalities, and eventually cut ...
Metropolis Japan

Woman Marries ChatGPT AI Character After He Proposed

Yurina Noguchi woman marries her AI ChatGPT lover, Klaus, in a symbolic wedding ceremony after he proposed to her.
New York Post

Character.AI bans chatbots for teens after lawsuits blame app for deaths, suicide attempts

Character.AI, known for bots that impersonate characters like Harry Potter, said Wednesday it will ban teens from using the chat function following lawsuits that blamed explicit chats on the app for ...