[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-characterai-bankruptcy-puts-user-data-up-for-grabs":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},11643,"characterai-bankruptcy-puts-user-data-up-for-grabs","Character.AI Bankruptcy Puts User Data Up For Grabs","Forty bipartisan attorneys general warn that Character.AI's bankruptcy sale to Disney could transfer user chat data without adequate privacy protections.","Character.AI's bankruptcy filing just turned its users' chat logs into a bargaining chip.\n\nNew York Attorney General Letitia James disclosed on Tuesday that her office has run a years-long, multi-state investigation into Character.AI. She's part of a bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general who filed a notice of interest in the company's Chapter 11 case. The filing puts the bankruptcy court, Character.AI, and any potential buyer on notice that regulatory issues around the company's user data need to be resolved before any sale or transfer goes through. Character.AI confirmed the Chapter 11 filing the same day, along with a deal to sell some of its assets to Disney.\n\nThis matters because bankruptcy has a way of turning privacy promises into fine print. Once a company is in Chapter 11, user data can become just another asset on the balance sheet, priced and packaged for whoever buys it. The AGs' filing is a preemptive move: it forces Disney, or any other buyer, to account for how it will handle the data and technology behind Character.AI's chatbots, not just the brand and the code.\n\nA notice of interest is a warning shot, not a binding condition, and warning shots don't always land.","[\"character-ai\",\"bankruptcy\",\"data-privacy\",\"attorneys-general\"]","2026-10-14T18:47:54.000Z","2026-10-14T20:32:28.114Z","2026-10-14T20:32:30.120Z","published",null,[],"policy",[26,27,28,29],"character-ai","bankruptcy","data-privacy","attorneys-general",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Fpolicy\u002F1011417\u002Fnew-york-ag-characterai-bankruptcy",0,{"sections":36},[37,42,47,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101],{"name":38,"slug":39,"count":40,"latest_published_at":41},"AI","ai",7012,"2026-10-14T22:53:31.000Z",{"name":43,"slug":44,"count":45,"latest_published_at":46},"Security","security",993,"2026-10-14T20:03:43.000Z",{"name":48,"slug":24,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Policy",524,"2026-10-14T22:03:31.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Deals","deals",513,"2026-10-14T17:24:42.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware","hardware",256,"2026-10-14T16:03:09.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",226,"2026-10-14T22:00:02.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Science","science",201,"2026-10-13T23:13:31.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Startups","startups",133,"2026-10-14T19:51:34.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Software","software",125,"2026-10-14T22:23:48.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",116,"2026-10-13T16:20:18.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"General","general",79,"2026-10-14T18:09:38.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"Gaming","gaming",74,"2026-10-14T19:40:59.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",37,"2026-10-14T10:00:00.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]