ao3.life clone goes offline after 2,000 takedown requests in one day
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The creator of ao3.life took the site offline after receiving more than 2,000 takedown requests from authors in one day, according to 404 Media.
The site copied fanfiction from Archive of Our Own, which had gone down after a security incident, and sold AI-generated audiobooks of those works. It offered authors 91% of audiobook profits, and its creator said it reached 126,592 unique users within 24 hours.
The creator, who says they are 17 and live in India, apologized for the project.
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- 404 MediaNewsVibe-coded AO3 clone ao3.life goes down after 2,000 takedown requests in one day
AIao3.life, a vibe-coded site that scraped Archive of Our Own fanfiction and sold AI-generated audiobooks, went offline after its creator said it received over 2,000 takedown requests from authors in one day. The site, which came up after AO3 went down following a security incident, claimed 126,592 unique users within 24 hours and offered authors 91% of audiobook profits. The creator, who said they are 17 and based in India, apologized for the project.
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