{
  "id": 14270783,
  "title": "Chatbot Platform Character.AI Files For Bankruptcy, Disney To Buy Some Assets",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/chatbot-platform-character-ai-files-for-bankruptcy-disney-to-buy-some",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-13T18:03:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
    "slug": "ndtv",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/chatbot-platform-character-ai-files-for-bankruptcy-disney-to-buy-some-assets-12181213"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "According to Character.AI's proposal, Disney will be a \"stalking-horse\" bidder - an initial prospective buyer - for a non-exclusive perpetual license to some intellectual property. Other bidders can top Disney's offer.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Fast Company",
        "title": "Character.ai has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it moves to sell assets to Disney",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/character-ai-has-filed-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection-as-it",
        "published": "2026-10-13T12:46:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}