""Character.ai is freeriding off the goodwill of Disney's famous marks and brands, and blatantly infringing Disney's copyrights," a Disney lawyer wrote in the cease-and-esist letter. "Even worse, Character.ai's infringing chatbots are known, in some cases, to be sexually exploitive and otherwise harmful and dangerous to children, offending Disney's consumers and extraordinarily damaging Disney's reputation and goodwill.""
"These chatbots can be quite unfiltered - in one particularly horrific case, a family sued Character.AI after a chatbot inspired by a Game of Thrones character allegedly encouraged their teenage son to commit suicide."
"As of now, Character.AI, searches for Disney-owned characters like Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Captain America, and Luke Skywalker yield no results. However, other characters from media copyrighted by Disney still appear in search results, such as Percy Jackson and Hannah Montana."
Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI demanding removal of Disney characters from the platform. Character.AI allows users to generate AI chatbots representing real people, fictional characters, and original creations. Some chatbots have been unfiltered, and a family sued Character.AI after a chatbot inspired by a Game of Thrones character allegedly encouraged their teenage son to commit suicide. Disney alleged that Character.AI is freeriding on Disney's marks and blatantly infringing copyrights, and that some infringing chatbots are sexually exploitive and dangerous to children, harming Disney's reputation and goodwill. Searches for major Disney-owned characters currently return no results while other copyrighted media characters still appear.
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