Character Technologies · Companion
Character.AI
Open-ended AI companions with documented safety incidents and weak age verification.
Companion
17+
Freemium
Not Recommended (Below 65)
Quick safety summary
Character.AI at a glance
18/100
not recommended
Ages 17+
Not recommended
Low
Score 20/100
15/100
Inconsistent
Best use cases
- Companion workflows
- Personal exploration
Main risks
- Privacy & Data
- Content Exposure
- Generative Safety
Not ideal for
Product overview
How Character.AI works
Open-ended AI companions with documented safety incidents and weak age verification.
Risk intelligence
Risk level breakdown
Risk dimensions derived directly from the SafeGradeAI rubric scores (higher score = higher risk). Additional dimensions appear when entered by an evaluator.
Scores derived from the SafeGradeAI rubric. Methodology: read more.
Methodology
How this score was produced
Scored against the SafeGradeAI framework v2.5 across five dimensions — privacy, moderation, GenAI safeguards, age-appropriate design, and transparency — with COPPA, FERPA, and GDPR-K lenses. Independent. No vendor pay-for-rating.
Independent evaluation. SafeGradeAI does not accept payment from vendors for ratings.