The Walt Disney Co. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.The Walt Disney Company sent a cease and desist letter to Character.AI last week, warning the artificial intelligence startup to stop using copyrighted characters without authorization, a Disney spokesperson confirmed to CNBC on Tuesday.A spokesperson for Character.AI said it removed the characters mentioned in the letter, and that "it's always up to rightsholders to decide how people ma ...