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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home4/scienrds/scienceandnerds/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Source:https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2023\/05\/31\/character-ai-the-a16z-backed-chatbot-startup-tops-1-7m-installs-in-first-week\/<\/a><\/br> Demand for AI via consumer mobile apps has been climbing, with market leader OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT mobile app topping half a million downloads<\/a> in its first six days. Now, another AI app is touting its own launch success, as the a16z-backed Character.AI app<\/a> is claiming to have pulled in over 1.7 million new installs in less than a week on the market. The AI app maker, which announced a whopping $150 million<\/a> in Series A funding earlier this year, valuing its business at $1 billion, offers customizable AI companions with distinct personalities, as well as the ability for users to create their own characters.<\/p>\n While there are a number of these AI character generators available on today\u2019s app stores, interest in Character.AI has a lot to do with its founders. The Palo Alto-based startup was created by Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, AI experts who previously led a team of researchers at Google that built LaMDA<\/a> (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), a language model that helps power conversational AI experiences<\/a>.<\/p>\n At Google, the founders had become frustrated with the company\u2019s hesitancy to roll out AI chatbots to other researchers and the general public, including through integrations with other Google products, like Assistant, The Wall Street Journal reported<\/a>. Believing AI would revolutionize search and other areas, the duo ultimately decided to leave Google in late 2021, despite pleas from CEO Sundar Pichai to stay and continue their work on LaMDA. That same November, Shazeer and De Freitas founded Character Technologies, now home to Character.AI.<\/p>\n
\nCharacter.AI, the a16z-backed chatbot startup, tops 1.7M installs in first week<\/br>
\n2023-05-31 21:49:51<\/br><\/p>\n