Attorney General Davenport Seeks Consumer Protections in Character.AI Bankruptcy - New Jersey Office of Attorney General

Attorney General Davenport of New Jersey is seeking consumer protections in the bankruptcy filing of Character.AI, according to a posting on the website of the New Jersey Office of Attorney General. The posting is headlined 'Attorney General Davenport Seeks Consumer Protections in Character.AI Bankruptcy'. It states that several states, New Jersey among them, are seeking those protections in the company's bankruptcy filing.

The same filing highlights the volume of sensitive consumer information held by Character.AI, according to the excerpt. Private chatbot conversations involving children and adults are among the information the filing cites, the excerpt states. The excerpt also states that New Jersey began investigating Character.AI after a 2024 wrongful death lawsuit. It does not name the other states involved in the filing, describe the specific protections being sought, or give a date for the bankruptcy.

The posting places the states' request inside Character.AI's bankruptcy proceeding rather than in a separate action, and frames the stated concern around the sensitive consumer information the company holds. New Jersey's investigation is described in the excerpt as dating to the 2024 wrongful death lawsuit. The item appears on njoag.gov, the site of the New Jersey Office of Attorney General, under a headline naming Attorney General Davenport. The excerpt does not indicate what outcome the states are seeking from the proceeding, or whether a court has yet acted on the request.