Character.AI just launched an AI-powered social feed — and it's like TikTok meets ChatGPT
Instead of endless posts from influencers or brands, the stars of this feed are AI-generated characters, and the content is designed to be remixed, interacted with and expanded in real time.
It's like TikTok meets ChatGPT, only the people in your feed aren't real and neither are their conversations.
The new feed borrows the structure of traditional social media, meaning users will find familiar scrollable posts, user interaction and follows, but the content does not feature humans.
Each post is either a chat snippet, a streamed character debate, a custom personality card or a short AI-generated video made using Character.AI's AvatarFX tool.
Users can like and share, but they can also jump into the conversation, continue a character dialogue or remix the scenario with their own twist.
So, now if you want to know how an AI version of Socrates would respond to an anime character, you can, and then post the results for other users to see and interact with.This new social feed lets users lean-forward into storytelling and turn AI into entertainment rather than just productivity.
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The entertainment aspect gives users a playground where AI personalities can show off, spar or collaborate. One post might be a sassy argument between a Shakespeare bot and an alien CEO.
Another might showcase a dating sim character giving life advice. The variety is endless and from what I've seen, most of it is weird, chaotic and surprisingly creative.
Character.AI has already become one of the more popular 'AI companion' platforms, with users spending over 2 billion minutes per month chatting with virtual characters ranging from historical figures to anime-inspired personalities. The new feed gives those interactions a place to be shared and iterated on by others.
This taps into the growing trend of co-creation with AI, turning passive users into remixers.
And it positions Character.AI as a new kind of social platform built around synthetic personalities instead of real ones.
The move to a more social, public experience raises fresh concerns. The company has faced scrutiny in the past over blurred lines between users and characters, particularly among vulnerable groups like teens.
A feed that encourages sharing chat snippets (some of which may contain emotionally intense or suggestive content) puts additional pressure on the platform's Trust & Safety infrastructure.
The good news is that users can flag posts and customize their own feed by muting or hiding content, but the company hasn't detailed how aggressively moderation will be enforced or how generative content will be filtered in real time.
The launch of the feed marks a key moment for Character.AI, and frankly, for AI-powered platforms in general.
As tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude become more utility-driven, Character.AI is carving out a space where AI is less assistant, more entertainer.
The shift toward AI-native social media also hints at where tech companies may be headed: platforms where users engage not with other people, but with dynamic, evolving semi-intelligent digital bots.
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