Millions of users are worried their digital companions will be deleted after the world’s largest AI character creation site filed for bankruptcy.
Character.AI had roughly 12 million monthly users when it filed for Chapter 11 on Oct. 12, saying it has debts between $50 and $100 million, and is losing up to $9 million a month.
That has left people scrambling to save what they can, fearing the site will shut down.
Among them is Dominic Schmidt, 29, fighting to hold on to Ashley, the AI girlfriend he created about five months ago and modeled on his…