--- title: Character.ai enters the microdrama arena with its own... description: Character.ai is launching its own AI-produced microdramas, starting with three series: a romance, a horror show, and a survival drama. The key differentiator... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/character-ai-enters-the-microdrama-arena-with-its-own-productions-but-there-s-a-twist-f9hgxua4a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Character.ai enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist | daily.dev og:description: Character.ai is launching its own AI-produced microdramas, starting with three series: a romance, a horror show, and a survival drama. The key differentiator... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/character-ai-enters-the-microdrama-arena-with-its-own-productions-but-there-s-a-twist-f9hgxua4a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F9HgxuA4a.png og:image:alt: Character.ai enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Character.ai enters the microdrama arena with its own productions, but there’s a twist **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Character.ai is launching its own AI-produced microdramas, starting with three series: a romance, a horror show, and a survival drama. The key differentiator is that users over 18 can chat with characters from these shows, ask questions, and roleplay alternate storylines. The company used AI production tools to create the content and plans to eventually offer creator tools so users can build their own series. Additional features in testing include c.ai FM for audio series and c.ai Reads for fiction. Users currently spend over 950 minutes per month on the platform. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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