Character.AI is creating a new experience for users under 18 that removes the ability to chat with personas. Gabby Jones/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Chatbot platform Character.AI will no longer allow teens to engage in back-and-forth conversations with its AI-generated characters, its parent company Character Technologies said on Wednesday . The move comes after a string of lawsuits alleged the app played a role in suicide and mental health issues among teens.

The company will make the change by November 25, and teens will have a two-hour chat limit in the meantime. Instead of open-ended conversations, teens under 18 will be able to create videos, stories and streams with characters.

“We do not take this step of removing open-ended Character chat lightly – but we do think that it’s the

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