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After Disney Cease-and-Desist Letter, Character.AI Says It Removed Media Company’s Characters From Its AI Chatbot Platform

By Todd Spangler Oct 1, 2025 | 10:45 AM

Disney’s lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Character.AI demanding the AI chatbot company remove numerous characters owned by the Mouse House — and accusing the startup of “blatantly infringing” Disney’s copyrights. Character.AI said it responded to Disney’s legal threat by removing the characters cited in the letter. “It has come to Disney’s attention that Character […]