Users Furious as Character.AI Deletes Countless Beloved "Harry Potter" Chatbots

The troubled chatbot company Character.AI appears to be mass-removing "Harry Potter"-themed AI characters from its platform — and users are in an uproar.

The Reddit forum r/characterAI has been flooded since yesterday with posts from users claiming that chatbots based on the "Harry Potter" franchise had suddenly been deactivated at scale. When we took a look for ourselves, we found that droves of AI personas from the franchise — ranging from Harry Potter himself to Hermione Granger, Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy and others — indeed appear to have been culled.

"REST IN PEACE LOVE OF MY LIFE, I WILL MISS YOU," wrote one X user who goes by the handle @severusluv. "Fuck you [Character.AI], you took away the only good thing in my life."

They included a screenshot of a "Severus Snape" chatbot that, before its deletion, boasted 47.3 million user chats.

REST IN PEACE LOVE OF MY LIFE, I WILL MISS YOU
Fuck you character ai, you took away the only good thing in my life Read Original