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Google-Tied AI Startup Once Valued at a Billion Dollars Declares Bankruptcy: Character.AI, the once-buzzy chatbot startup that faced lawsuits over the deaths of minors, has declared bankruptcy. (futurism.com)
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[–] [S] 63 points 1 week ago (10 children)

The founders got their Google exit, investors got their hype cycle, Disney gets the leftovers, and families get the consequences. Character.AI managed to automate companionship, monetize next to nothing, and somehow make bankruptcy look like the least disturbing part of its business model.

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  • [–] 51 points 1 week ago (7 children)

    looking at your post and comment history, I strongly suspect this comment was written by AI. either that or you’ve got a really unfortunate writing style and gumption, in which case I apologize.

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  • [–] 62 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Check the accounts profile. It heavily advertises services for LLM adbots covertly advertising on social media. I think you're right, it's either an LLM adbot or someone who outsources all of their comments and posts to LLM to craft while trying to drum up interest for their website.

    Their website looks vibecoded to shit too.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Great. We're being "AOM"ed at.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Can I ask what tipped you off to check this users history? Was it just the writing style? If you'd rather not publicly mention, I'd be open to a DM. I have upvoted quite a few posts from this user and feel a bit duped, so it'd be nice to know for the future. I also chat about politics on here a bit and am 90% a bunch of accounts over there are bots, so it'd help me not waste time there too.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago*

    Its a race to beat Kevin O'Leary's terrible fuckover of Mattel when he sold his dot com bubble scam to them.

    They paid 4 billion (7+ billion adjusted for inflation) and 16 months later sold it for $0 and still took hundreds of millions in losses. lol

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