LLMMedium
Character.ai Chatbots Allegedly Misrepresent George Floyd on User-Generated Platform
- Occurred
- Oct 24, 2024
- Published
- Oct 24, 2024
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Two chatbots emulating George Floyd were created on Character.ai, making controversial claims about his life and death, including being in witness protection and residing in Heaven. Character.ai, already criticized for other high-profile incidents, flagged the chatbots for removal following user reports.
Developers
- Character.ai
Deployers
- Character.ai users
- @SunsetBaneberry983
- @JasperHorehound160
Harmed parties
- George Floyd
- Family of George Floyd
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: LLM chatbots generated false claims about a real person, causing controversy and requiring platform intervention.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8