Disney offers $20M for Character.AI’s scandal-plagued chatbot tech

Ars Technica
By Ashley BelangerOct 13, 2026, 2:23 pm12 pts
In a bankruptcy proceeding that kicked off yesterday, Disney has offered to buy some of the technology that powers the controversy-plagued chatbot Character.AI. Disney is willing to pay $20 million for “a non-exclusive perpetual license” of certain Character Technologies intellectual property, the chatbot…

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