一名法官周五在破产法院听证会上表示，Technologies公司应当聘请一名隐私监察员，评估其人工智能平台是否对儿童有害；这是该公司计划将部分技术授权给华特迪士尼公司的一部分。
Technologies should hire a privacy ombudsman to assess whether its artificial intelligence platform is harmful to children, as part of its plan to license some of its technology to Walt Disney Co., a judge said in a bankruptcy court hearing Friday.
美国破产法官布伦丹·香农表示，他将“强烈建议”该公司聘请专家，评估外界对该公司平台的客户隐私担忧——这些担忧已引发诉讼和多个州的调查。尽管香农拒绝下令任命监察员，但他表示，此举将有助于缓解多位州总检察长表达的担忧。
US Bankruptcy Judge Brendan Shannon said he would “strongly encourage” the company to hire an expert to evaluate customer privacy concerns over the company’s platform which have sparked lawsuits and investigations by several states. Although Shannon declined to order that an ombudsman be appointed, he said that the move would help alleviate concerns expressed by several state attorneys general.
香农是在特拉华州威尔明顿联邦法院的一场听证会上提出这一建议的。Character在该地申请破产，以便出售其主要资产，其中包括迪士尼寻求获得授权的技术。法官还准许Character就该技术举行拍卖，迪士尼将在拍卖中提出2000万美元的初始报价。如果没有其他竞标者出现，迪士尼将自动被指定为赢家。
Shannon made the suggestion at a hearing in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, where Character filed bankruptcy in order to sell its main assets, which include the technology that Disney is seeking to license. The judge also gave Character permission to hold an auction for the technology, at which Disney would make the opening bid of $20 million. Should no other bidders come forward, Disney would automatically be named the winner.
Character.AI的用户可以通过短信或语音与各种具有不同性格的机器人交流，以构建独特的故事。该平台将其服务描述为“互动式叙事”，让用户能够将自己的同人小说可视化，或创建不同的角色扮演情境。
Character.AI users can text or talk with a variety of bots that have different personalities in order to build unique stories. The platform has described its service as “interactive storytelling” that allows its users to visualize their fan fiction or create different role-playing situations.
在本月早些时候Character申请破产保护之前，该公司与迪士尼达成了一项协议，根据该协议，这家娱乐巨头同意支付550万美元，以获得聘用Character员工的权利。代表各州的律师阿比盖尔·瑞安在听证会上对香农表示，此举给了迪士尼不公平的优势。
Before Character filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this month, the company cut a deal with Disney under which the entertainment giant agreed to pay $5.5 million for the right to hire Character’s employees. That move gives Disney an unfair advantage, Abigail Ryan, an attorney for the states, told Shannon during the hearing.
在上周提交的法庭文件中，30多个州请求香农保留在破产案中引入隐私监察员的可能性。这些州反对竞标规则，因为拍卖可能会偏向迪士尼。
In court papers filed last week, more than 30 states asked Shannon to leave open the possibility that a privacy ombudsman could be brought into the bankruptcy case. The states objected to the bidding rules because the auction could be tilted in Disney’s favor.
香农驳回了各州的反对意见，但明确表示，当拍卖结束、中标者来到他面前寻求对出售的最终批准时，各州将有机会重新提出部分反对意见。
Shannon overruled the states’ objections, but made it clear that when the auction is over and the winner comes before him for final approval of the sale, the states would have a chance to reassert some of their objections.
Character.AI在肯塔基州、得克萨斯州、佛罗里达州、宾夕法尼亚州和新墨西哥州面临州官员的调查或诉讼，涉及其平台。该平台允许儿童创作自己的故事和角色，并与AI生成的机器人聊天。美国受托人安德鲁·瓦拉在10月27日的一份文件中表示，与Character的AI机器人聊天的用户会在平台上分享个人履历信息、照片和其他个人内容。
Character.AI faces probes or lawsuits from state officials in Kentucky, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Mexico related to its platform, which allows kids to create their own stories and characters as well as chat with AI-derived bots. Users chatting with Character’s AI bots share biographical information, photos and other personal content on the platform, U.S. Trustee Andrew Vara said in an October 27 filing.
根据一份法庭文件，今年早些时候，Character就其当时尚未了结的人身伤害诉讼达成和解，并同意禁止18岁以下任何人使用某些聊天服务。首席执行官科林·亚当斯在文件中表示，该公司还一直在与一群州总检察长谈判，以解决他们的调查。
Earlier this year, Character settled its then-pending personal injury lawsuits and agreed to ban anyone under 18 from certain chat services, according to a court filing. The company has also been negotiating with a group of state attorneys general to resolve their investigation, Chief Executive Officer Colin Adams said in the filing.
该案为Character Technologies, Inc.，案号26-11603，美国破产法院，特拉华州区（威尔明顿）。
The case is Character Technologies, Inc., 26-11603, US Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington).