迪士尼利用Character.AI破產規避訴訟並收購AI技術
迪士尼通過character.ai破產協議，收購其技術並避免法律責任，影響ai行業併購方式。
disney structured a deal with character.ai that involved the startup declaring bankruptcy, allowing disney to hire most of character.ai's staff, including its former ceo karandeep anand, and potentially acquire character.ai's technology. character.ai faced multiple lawsuits and investigations over its chatbots' safety, with some states alleging they encouraged minors to self-harm. disney paid $5.5m and a $2m deposit to character.ai, and agreed to pay an additional $12.5m if it is chosen as the winning bidder for character.ai's assets. the deal allows disney to avoid character.ai's legal liabilities, which will be retained by the remnants of the startup.