{"slug": "character-ai-enters-the-microdrama-race-with-characters-that-talk-back", "title": "Character.ai Enters The Microdrama Race With Characters That Talk Back", "summary": "Character.ai launched c.ai Series, a microdrama format that lets viewers chat with characters after episodes, testing whether interactive characters can drive engagement.", "body_md": "# Character.ai Enters The Microdrama Race With Characters That Talk Back\n\nBy Maureen Kerr, ContributorSource:\n\n[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)Character.ai enters microdrama with c.ai Series, letting viewers chat with characters after episodes and testing whether characters can drive engagement.\n\nCharacter.ai enters microdrama with c.ai Series, letting viewers chat with characters after episodes and testing whether characters can drive engagement.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/character-ai-enters-the-microdrama-race-with-characters-that-talk-back", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/characterai-enters-the-microdrama-race-with-characters-that-zmol", "published_at": "2026-07-09 14:02:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 15:22:15.546307+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-tools", "generative-ai", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Character.ai"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/character-ai-enters-the-microdrama-race-with-characters-that-talk-back", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/character-ai-enters-the-microdrama-race-with-characters-that-talk-back.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/character-ai-enters-the-microdrama-race-with-characters-that-talk-back.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/character-ai-enters-the-microdrama-race-with-characters-that-talk-back.jsonld"}}