{
  "id": 14205093,
  "title": "Disney Bids on Character.ai Assets as Chatbot Provider Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/disney-bids-on-character-ai-assets-as-chatbot-provider-files-for",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-13T12:55:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/disney-bids-on-character-ai-assets-chapter-11-bankruptcy-1236909984/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Disney poached the CEO of Character.ai last month for a new chief technology officer role — and now, a month later, many of the company’s assets may follow Character.ai, the controversial chatbot company known for letting its users generate and engage with a suite of original and user-generated characters, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}