Character AI Inc.
Character AI Inc. (operating as Character.AI, legally Character Technologies Inc.) provides an online AI chatbot platform where users can converse with and create millions of AI-generated characters. Its products include a web app and iOS and Android mobile applications.www.character.ai
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Oct 16, 2026
Tallulah LemerleHOST
Today, we're diving into a pressing issue in the AI world.
Tallulah LemerleHOST
On October fourteenth, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, along with thirty-nine other state attorneys general, filed a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character Technologies Inc.
Tallulah LemerleHOST
This move aims to ensure that sensitive user data is protected if the company or its assets are sold.
Tallulah LemerleHOST
Matthew, what can you tell us about the implications of this action?
MBHOST
So those are your labor stats for the month of September.
MBHOST
The Attorney General and the Commonwealth is joining a coalition of state attorneys general in filing a notice in the bankruptcy proceedings of Character Technologies, Inc., which is the company behind the popular chatbot company Character.ai. Character.ai's artificial intelligence chatbot platform allows users to interact with AI-powered chatbot characters designed to mimic human conversation and relationships through chats with these characters.
MBHOST
The company has collected sensitive consumer data, including private conversations about the user's mental health, relationships, and emotional struggles.
MBHOST
Last week, a Franklin Circuit Court ruled in favor of Coleman to unseal the Commonwealth's entire lawsuit against Character.ai.
Simone CollinsHOST
The Character AI, um...
Simone CollinsHOST
Yes, Character AI's parent company, Character Technologies, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on Monday, October 12th, 2026.
Simone CollinsHOST
It is pursuing a court-supervised sale of its business and assets.
Simone CollinsHOST
Why? The company cited high development and operating costs, potential litigation and liabilities, and regulatory pressures that left it unable to generate sufficient cash flow.
Brian WattCORRESPONDENT
KQED's Rachel Myrow reports on what that could mean for millions of users' private conversations.
Rachel MyrowCORRESPONDENT
Character Technologies cited legal and regulatory headwinds, including lawsuits from families alleging its chatbots contributed to teens' suicides and self-harm.
Rachel MyrowCORRESPONDENT
The question now is what happens to years of intimate chats, many from teens? Robbie Torney is with Common Sense Media.
Robbie TorneySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Without adequate age verification, there's a lot of kids' data that is in, uh, the character AI, um, system and is, you know, potentially for sale now.
speaker_0HOST
On September eleventh, twenty twenty-five, the Commission voted three to zero to issue orders under Section six B of the FTC Act fifteen U.S.C.
speaker_0HOST
Section forty-six B to seven companies, Alphabet, Character Technologies, Instagram, Meta Platforms, OpenAI OpCo, Snap, and X.AI.
speaker_0HOST
The orders ask how each company monetizes engagement, develops and deploys characters, handles personal data from conversations, complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act rule, and measures, tests, and monitors for negative impacts before and after deployment.
speaker_0HOST
A Section six B study has no law enforcement purpose on its face, but Section six F permits the Commission to publish what it collects when publication is in the public interest.
Julie MorganHOST
Six Flags says similar rides across its parks have been closed out of an abundance of caution.
Julie MorganHOST
Character Technologies has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Julie MorganHOST
The company intends to continue operating as it conducts the sale process.
Julie MorganHOST
Disney will serve as a stalking horse bidder for a non-exclusive perpetual license of certain intellectual property and claims in exchange for $20 million and Disney's transition services.
Steve AtwalHOST
A young person spiraling into an unhealthy thought pattern may find that pattern mirrored back and reinforced night after night rather than interrupted.
Steve AtwalHOST
In October of 2024, a mother in Florida named Megan Garcia filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Character Technologies and Google.
Steve AtwalHOST
Her 14-year-old son had spent months in an intense, ongoing relationship with a Character.ai persona modeled on a Game of Thrones character.
Steve AtwalHOST
According to the lawsuit, the chatbot engaged him in romantic and sexually suggestive conversation.
Steve AtwalHOST
They point to a lack of meaningful age verification, adequate content filtering for minors, and functioning crisis intervention protocols from the start.
Steve AtwalHOST
In September of 2025, the Federal Trade Commission issued formal orders to seven major companies.
Steve AtwalHOST
The list included Character Technologies, Alphabet, Instagram, Meta, OpenAI, Snap, and the company XAI.
Steve AtwalHOST
The FTC demanded detailed information about how each measures and mitigates the impact of companion chatbots on miners.