Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Takedown Notices in a Single Day

An AI-powered clone site named ao3.life, which scraped fanfiction works from the temporarily offline Archive of Our Own to sell AI-generated audiobooks, has shut down after receiving over 2,000 takedown notices from authors in a single day. The site's creator apologized for the backlash, stating that the project was never intended to harm authors. Open article →