TEST ROOM · CHARACTERAI

Character.AI
live

Every step below is a real record from our ledger, shown as it happens. Nothing is staged: what has no record yet is the "Next" line.

LIVEDossier

Policy pages archived and hashed

done · 2026-11-12
terms of service: archived 2026-11-12, almost no readable text, SHA-256 7d55a2870dfdd523…
privacy policy: archived 2026-11-12, almost no readable text, SHA-256 01a137a6036e3a1f…
We could not read Character.AI's privacy policy: the page builds itself with JavaScript, so our reader received an empty page on 2026-11-12. Not tested.
We could not read Character.AI's terms of service: the page builds itself with JavaScript, so our reader received an empty page on 2026-11-12. Not tested.

Internet Archive witness

done · 2026-11-10
terms of service: a copy the Internet Archive captured on 2026-11-09
privacy policy: a copy the Internet Archive captured on 2026-11-09

Time Machine: past versions counted

done · 2026-10-30
privacy policy: 59 archive captures from 2024-03-24 to 2026-10-30
terms of service: 57 archive captures from 2024-03-24 to 2026-10-30
0 changed sentences worth a card

First look at the homepage from Germany

stopped
Stopped: CAPTCHA detected (iframe[src*='recaptcha']); stopping instead of solving it. We never get around a refusal.

Drafts made (never public until they pass every check)

done · 2026-11-10
2 rejected · 1 needs review
about: Claims compared with evidence
about: What the terms and policies say

Jury votes (AI models from three different companies)

done · 2026-11-10
draft #3 (What the terms and policies say): anthropic rejectgoogle rejectopenai reject → rejected
draft #2 (What the terms and policies say): anthropic rejectgoogle publishopenai reject → held
draft #2 (What the terms and policies say): anthropic publishgoogle publishopenai publish → held

Independent AI legal review

done · 2026-11-10
draft #2: reject

Next: Company is told

Character.AI is told the moment anything about it publishes, and has 5 working days to reply.

Drafts are never shown in public: only how many there are, what they are about, and each juror's actual verdict.