a16z-backed Character.AI said today that it’s now allowing users to discuss with AI characters over calls. The feature currently supports multiple languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese.
The startup tested the calling feature ahead of today’s public launch. During that point, it said that greater than 3 million users had remodeled 20 million calls. The corporate also noted that calls with AI characters will be useful for practicing language skills, giving mock interviews, or adding them to the gameplay of role-playing games.
Users can initiate calls with a user-generated AI character directly with a faucet of a button. Character.AI said that this feature is built to make the calling experience smooth with reduced latency.
You possibly can switch between calling and texting seamlessly, in addition to stop the AI from talking through a “Tap to interrupt” option.
Earlier in March, Character.AI launched Character Voices so users can hear the characters speak in one-on-one chats. The corporate said with the feature allowing users to create their very own voices there are over 1 million voices within the app’s library.
The corporate’s recent calling feature comes at a time when users on Reddit are complaining about their characters’ changing personalities. In response to those complaints, the startup told 404 Media that the corporate didn’t make any major changes, but some users might have been a part of a test and noticed behavioral differences in characters due to that.
Earlier this week, The Information reported that Google is working by itself customized chatbot platform to tackle Meta and Character.AI
