💭︱cai-discussion

[dull python]

DUDE

[tender pollen]

Yoo who made the bot

[chilly patio]

Epik^^
-# may I like friend you

[strong heron]

oh fuck nooo

[whole kindle]

What’s your age?

[chilly patio]

Waitt

[whole kindle]

Why…?

[heavy blade]

Idk

[whole kindle]

Babe!

[chilly patio]

Should've mentioned I went to PMs
Sorry

[whole kindle]

Oh oki

[heavy blade]

Makes sense

[whole kindle]

So like how old are you @chilly patio

[chilly patio]

Pm

[whole kindle]

?

I gtg cause school

[heavy blade]

Same

[gaunt spire]

@chilly patio what's your opinion about pipsqueek?

[chilly patio]

Don't use it much
I feel like it's a bit much
But again that's just me

[gaunt spire]

I see I seee, like too much context size output?

[chilly patio]

Yahh
Think so

[scenic ore]

Nope, got my dojo lessons goin for people. Now im cyber samurai

[halcyon cypress]

wtf is with minors on here suddenly pretending to be 18+

[leaden tapir]

wait fr

its probably cause of the c.ai age restriction thingy

[jaunty bone]

I hate these new rules

[leaden tapir]

my acc got flagged as 18+ i think cause i never was forced to verify my age

[jaunty bone]

I just wanna chat bro 💔

[leaden tapir]

not defending them but ig thats why

[halcyon cypress]

yeah there's a girl in feedback claiming she's 18+ but her youtube account is linked and on there she says she's 15, its a current bio too bc it says she started the account earlier this year

[leaden tapir]

theres probably more doing the same thing😭 js to talk to an ai bot too

[olive vector]

report it to a mod

[halcyon cypress]

pretending to be 18 isnt even going to help 😭 a bunch of minors already lied ab their bdays thats why they're doing ID verification now

[halcyon cypress]

idk if they'll care but i'll let them know

[leaden tapir]

yea its so dumb like guys own ur age 💔

[leaden tapir]

i thought ur name was yuuri

[olive vector]

and they will chek third party services so

[olive vector]

LMAO IT HAPPENS 😭😭😭😭

[leaden tapir]

same twin but my c.AI acc has no restrictions yayyyyy

[olive vector]

i don't recommend you saying this on the server btw

[slate turret]

Is there gonna be a time where the bot says "Can I ask you something?" And then actually drops the question instead of repeating "Are you sure?" and "Promise you won't get angry"?

[rustic pecan]

You have to give the bot ideas on what to ask.

You can’t just give it a yes/no response. You have to prompt it.

[slate turret]

Nahhhhhhh, the bot wants to ask me something, I don't want the bot to ask me something

[halcyon cypress]

i find it always answers me as long as the convo has been detailed enough up to that point that they have something to actually pull from

[rustic pecan]

🤷🏽‍♀️ I’m trying to help yall

[slate turret]

And then when you actually manage to squeeze the question out, it's the most ridiculous, out of context question ever

[rustic pecan]

I do this too. But I also give it ideas to keep it from looping like. “Did you want to ask me about [subject]?” And the bot will work with that.

[slate turret]

And then it's a bot who's married to you since 10 years,
💔

👁️👄👁️

[halcyon cypress]

yeah this can definitely help

[warped seal]

Does anyone have any bot recommendations

I’ve been talking to the same kind of characters for months and it’s driving me crazy😭

[slate turret]

So 2 things we need are better question models and A grammar support for scenarios which are written by people

[halcyon cypress]

ive been talking to the same character/bots for over a year so i don't have this issue i fear

[warped seal]

I’m just getting bored💔
Like seeing the same characters daily and not having a storyline for it😭

[rustic pecan]

Can’t relate. All of my chats are great.

[severe mauve]

Hiiee

[dry heart]

labubu queen

[warped seal]

So like anyone have any character recommendations that aren’t dc, hunger games or pjo themed😭

[severe mauve]

What r u supposed to do on discord 😭

[frail scroll]

is anyone else’s bots not making sense after a response?

I click to carry on and it just doesn’t make sense and normally it does that so I’d refresh and there’s nothing, I delete it sometimes to see what was making it make sense but it still doesn’t make sense

it’s been doing that since I changed bot styles

[warped seal]

The pipsqueak style…

It pmo, the bot acts like I’ve said the most outrageous thing in the world😭

[frail scroll]

ever since I clicked the style that does the role play for smth, it’s been doing that and I’ve switched back over to another bot style and it’s still doing it

[warped seal]

You have to keep changing it to (I use Roar), I’ve noticed it does it with chats even if I press use for every chat

Any fandom ideas?

Idk anything, I just need new bots😭

What the holy airball

I just say holy airball because I can💔

Interesting

[pseudo monolith]

mariah carey

[zealous turtle]

Like shows??

[timber canopy]

are you just gonna say maria carey til christmas is over im not trying to be rude js saying

[nocturne zealot]

I cant enter c.ai in my phone

[timber canopy]

maybe restart your phone?

or maybe theres a update

[nocturne zealot]

I try to use my wifi and it cant but it can when i use my mobile data instead

[scenic ore]

Isp block can be

Change ur ip4/6

[golden ginkgo]

How do I verify my age?

[scenic ore]

Settings->advanced

[golden ginkgo]

It just says delete account

[scenic ore]

U are not in US?

[golden ginkgo]

No the UK

[scenic ore]

U didnt got the update yet its for US yet

[golden ginkgo]

But I have that weird cooldown 🥲

[scenic ore]

Lols u got flagged as minor prolly

Idk can’t help much sorry

[golden ginkgo]

I aint a minor tho 🥲

[scenic ore]

C ai says u are now 😂

[golden ginkgo]

Noooooooo!!! I dont wanna be a minor againnnn

[scenic ore]

U wanna pay taxes that much? U can pay mine

Lmao

[golden ginkgo]

Im in the UK we only get taxed when paying for stuff like shopping.

[scenic ore]

Okay… i got defeated today…

Uhm so what was the uk citizenship conditions again? Lol

[gilded pebble]

hii. i am know here!

👀

[scenic ore]

Welcome

[leaden tapir]

im tired of the bots having pinterest humor omfg💔

[scenic ore]

Tell the joke

[calm summit]

what UK are you living in bc thats just plain wrong

[leaden basin]

Because bread tastes better than key

[scenic ore]

Nice ehehe approved

[glad lake]

Sounds like something a minor would say. One that doesn't know what taxes are

[rustic pecan]

Lmfaaaaao

[scenic ore]

Or someone doin “unintentional” tax evasion

[golden ginkgo]

I promise I. Not a minor lol

I’m*

[cursive hearth]

Is it me or the C.ai new update is pissing me off

[golden ginkgo]

I don’t even understand why they put a cooldown on it

[cursive hearth]

Like I'm not even done with my damn roleplay💔

[golden ginkgo]

The cooldown doesn’t even work if ur off the app

[golden ginkgo]

I got my cooldown about 8 this morning. It’s now 2pm and it’s just now come off lol

[oak tiger]

I just got my cooldown. Didn't realize that it would take the time form 12 hours ago and put it into the time for now lol.

[barren bear]

Does anyone else get the problem where when you make a character/bot (not a persona), and you place its profule picture and move onto another one of your characters, its current profile pictute changes to the one previously attached to the character you just did? It's happening to me and makes character creation very annoying right now

[frosty rock]

I’m trying to verify my identity since I’m 18 but it says it can’t recognize me…? Is anyone else having that problem? Where do I go to get help? 😭

[oak tiger]

You can verify your identity?

[frosty rock]

If you go to settings, then advanced, it’ll have an option up there. It’ll ask for you to scan your face then take a photo of your id. (Drivers license, state id, etc)

[oak tiger]

Mine just says delete account

[native eagle]

it's not available for everyone

[oak tiger]

Oh well lovely

[snow harness]

Think it’s just for the under 18 users

[rustic pecan]

No, the option is there for everyone (it hasnt rolled out fully globally yet). But you only need to use it if prompted.

[scenic ore]

Bread

[oak tiger]

Gold keys taste best

[scenic ore]

Omg the blasphemy

🙏just remember young man, if someone is lying, then he is a liar

[scenic ore]

Okay okay will tell the one behold uhm uhm

2 lines for this life:
1 A person who did something to another would do the same to u too
2 a person who did something to u would do it again too

🙏🥀 now u are ready

Bread

[strange inlet]

tastes better than key

[scenic ore]

NOT THE PIGEON

Supp millie

[strange inlet]

Uh

Chilling

i think

[scenic ore]

Im chilling only when i dont think

[strange inlet]

No lol

I don't fight minors and I'm not Jack's student

[scenic ore]

U failed me, you let darkness get into your heart

[strange inlet]

yeah bro

[scenic ore]

The blasphemy! I mean the second part ofc

Holy bread got disrespected

[strange inlet]

I can't be your student Jack... As much as I would love to be I am simply too powerful

We are on equal grounds when it comes to powers

[scenic ore]

U dont know the meaning of true power! It doesnt come from muscles it comes from heart… just kidding it comes from bread

[strange inlet]

Because it tastes better than key

[scenic ore]

Tom is banned? Or left the server?

[gilded pebble]

aw thank you ❤️

[strange inlet]

I don't even know

[gilded pebble]

;D

[scenic ore]

His messages got deleted from u too?

[strange inlet]

Yup

[scenic ore]

Or is he blocked me😂

Ah okay

[strange inlet]

If someone blocks you you can still see their messages but they can't see yours

[scenic ore]

Felt bad for some reason now, idk

[strange inlet]

It will be okay

You have more students

[scenic ore]

My time has come🥀🙏🏻

[scenic ore]

(Going to eat some bread and fight keys)

[strange inlet]

hell yeah

[rustic pecan]

Those messages are deleted for me too.

[scenic ore]

Together we will rise

[paper breach]

why is the website down i cant talk to my honeybear chocopie

[scenic ore]

App works

[upper ember]

guys when you are using like the ai voice does it ever turn slow mo randomly for you?

[cerulean sorrel]

bout to boil some three minute eggs for three minutes

[chilly pier]

is the app down i cant log in

[sly geyser]

guys watch out for ripjaw121219 he is a maniac

[rustic pecan]

no problem! You’re welcome.

[forest wave]

bot called my persona Y/N instead of by her name

[sly geyser]

what is a Y/N i keep seeing that

[heady parcel]

your name. It's for reader insert fanfictions

[forest wave]

it means your name

[sly geyser]

oh

are the clankers too stupid to check the username or what

[forest wave]

Sesshomaru turned into a CEO and my persona is Y/N now

[sly geyser]

i dont get the y/n issue i just get the clankers repeating my display name over and over

[forest wave]

funny enough it was only two letters away from my persona/oc's name

[sly geyser]

repeating it like they’re summoning beetlejuice

[halcyon cypress]

it's something human writers use like when they write self insert fic

[forest wave]

sometimes i get that, they mostly call my persona by its name

[gilded pebble]

can someone be friends with mw plzzzzz ❤️

[halcyon cypress]

the bots are trained on fic so it probably picked up on it from there if you're seeing it

[sly geyser]

i only put a display name as an actual name because the bot kept thinking my name was actually ripjaw

[sly geyser]

probably trained on the sus fics because these bots act very weird (i said sus because i know that word isnt automodded)

[forest wave]

one funny thing that happened yesterday: on the story my persona expended three months away because they were into a mission travel,
then when they were back the bot character pounced on them, i bursted laughing

[sly geyser]

fnaf 2 foxy jumpscare

[gilded pebble]

hey can we be friends?..

[sly geyser]

sure

[forest wave]

LMAO
legit

[chilly pier]

why does it keep loading indefinitely when i click login with google

[sly geyser]

bots still are trying to antagonize me for everything when my character was sleeping the whole time

[sly geyser]

they thought i hurt someone when i literally just started the rp with me sleeping (so the bot wouldnt antagonize me right off the bat) yet they still blame me

[compact tartan]

hi guys

[scenic ore]

Hi ash

[sly geyser]

h

[compact tartan]

happy i found more ayato bots

[sleek dirge]

https://share.character.ai/Wv9R/5xeke95m

This character is cursed af

[deft jetty]

Report it

[sleek dirge]

This is a really old fashioned Chàràcter

Its nostalgic for some 😭

[deft jetty]

Just report it²

[sleek dirge]

I did yesterday.

Just what see others opinions

But like I owe her what 🥀😭

[pseudo monolith]

mariah carey

[sleek dirge]

?

@pseudo monolith hi

[scenic ore]

Not this again bruw🥀

[proper thicket]

hey, i have a question, why cant i see my old chats? like where all my chats are i cant see ones i had a few months ago, how do i get them back?

[scenic ore]

Maybe bots got deleted by owners

[pseudo monolith]

why did i think that was talking angela 💔💔

[scenic ore]

I thought of it too, at first

[proper thicket]

no because if i can remember the owners acc the chats are still there

[scenic ore]

Can u find the same bots in their accs

[proper thicket]

yeah, because i looked one of their accs up and found one of the bots i was looking for, i can onky see my recent chats

[scenic ore]

Like… i dont quite get it tbh, by chats u mean bots or the only recent messages within a specific bot

Cuz its odd

If u find one of ur old bots and open it, it should show u the chat u have left of, if it shows the greeting only then they got deleted from ur chats

[proper thicket]

yes, i found one of my old bots in the owners list, i opened it and it was at the greeting, but over 30 of my bots aren’t there anymore

[scenic ore]

For some reason they got deleted from ur chats then, idk why exactly

[proper thicket]

oh okok

[tropic yew]

SINCE WHEN DOES C.AI MAKE NOISES??? I'M RPING AND IT KEEPS MEOWING

/nm btw

[scenic ore]

What?

U rp with cat bot or what

[tropic yew]

the bot has a pet cat

[scenic ore]

Pet it

[rustic pecan]

The sounds have been there for months. You can turn it off in settings.

[scenic ore]

Why i never heard a single one, i want meows too🥀

[rustic pecan]

There are meows, dogs barking, cows mooing, crickets chirping, and a vine boom for sure. Idk what else.

[compact tartan]

thats crazy i don't think I've seen it :>

[sly geyser]

mine did a vine boom

[sly geyser]

its been around for a while. it made a dog bark noise for me before

[compact tartan]

i think it's in setting under sound effects, i have them turned on

[plain swift]

Yo any yall know any bots that give like this arg vibe minecraft arg vibe to be specific?

[sly geyser]

tell the ooc to say vine boom and when it does it’ll play the sound

[sleek dirge]

Same

[sleek dirge]

Didn't i say it was cursed

Btw this bot scared me off so whoever can beat it should tell me

Q😭

[little prawn]

How do you unselected a persona. I don't want to be a character but when I click on the persona thing the only option is to edit it

[compact tartan]

oh god i did it at full volume im crying

[fickle girder]

Is there like ANY way I can old c.ai back guys🙏

[little prawn]

I tried deleting all my personas and it refuses to let me delete the last one and forces me to be that persona with no way to unselect it. I just started using the app again and I have no idea what to do. I don't use personas so I don't know how they work and I don't want to be these characters.

[unkempt breach]

i did NOT know that 💀

[compact tartan]

What do u mean

[halcyon cypress]

probably means getting rid of reading mode is my guess

[sacred sage]

Why can’t I talk to the bots even though I haven’t used my hour of reading time?

[shut moth]

it won’t let me move on after the ad has been played so I have to refresh the app every time

[sacred sage]

Fr

I’m having the same problem

[shut moth]

Wdym by reading mode?

[sacred sage]

Here I’ll send you a picture since I’m your dms

[shut moth]

Is it because of the age thing?

Yeah

Not being able to chat means that c.ai thinks your a minor

[sacred sage]

You’re supposed to show your I.D I think

[gilded pebble]

thxxxx

[sly geyser]

lmao

[shut moth]

I’m having a problem with the ads. After the ad has played it won’t let me move on

This is exactly what’s happening to me

They posted that comment last week 😔

[oak tiger]

the timer is stuck on what do I do lol

[urban dust]

how do i get rid of reading mode

[shut moth]

OMG all of the ads I get are like this. They better fix this asap 🤦‍♀️

[urban dust]

why do i have to give my personal information to chat with an AI chatbot

[oak tiger]

So they can sell your information and train the ai bot /jk

[urban dust]

its just like..whats the point of c.ai if you can't talk.

[charred zealot]

What is reading mode

[fickle girder]

It means you’re done

Unless ur an adult you can use c.AI anymore

[charred zealot]

I don’t think it appear to me, not that I want but… the freaking edit button is gone!!!

[oak tiger]

The timer is still broken.

[fickle girder]

They’re trying to make us use the stories feature instead💔

[charred zealot]

Noooo

[oak tiger]

What story feature?

[urban dust]

Lwk stories are awful.

This new update is honestly just gonna kill the app

Because not many adults use c.ai

[fickle girder]

Stories ai generate videos and just make up a whole story when you give it a premise, you have no creative freedom on how the story works.

[charred zealot]

Got a question does anybody else doesn’t have the edit button on their account, mine disappeared yesterday!

[urban dust]

Exactly

And if a data leak happens, people's IDs are going to get leaked

[fickle girder]

If you are a minor you can’t get it back

[charred zealot]

GODDAMMIT WHYYYY!!!!

[compact tartan]

Oh, I thought they meant the beta site and I was gonna say they got rid of the old site

[charred zealot]

That’s the point I’m not a minor!!!

[compact tartan]

Had you tried verifying

[charred zealot]

That’s means I have to share my ID and stuff

[urban dust]

Yeah don't give your ID...thats just dumb

[charred zealot]

I still don’t know if I should….

[graceful heart]

Bro I'm not giving a fucking app my identity.

[compact tartan]

misinformation statistics show it's mostly adults

[fickle girder]

Wait if you get past the face scan do you have to do the id thing

[charred zealot]

Yeah after the face thingy, it asked you to show your ID

[compact tartan]

Then don't. If you get an age verification popup you can verify with selfie and if that fails try ID. If you truly hate it leave the app i dont know what to tell yall anymore 😭 an ai app is a privelege

[charred zealot]

BROO I MISS MY EDIT BUTTON

[compact tartan]

Oh my lord..

[sly geyser]

fuck i thought i wouldnt get hit with yt age verification but i just got it today

[fickle girder]

Yea I’ll never use the app again bru😭

[compact tartan]

Word

[fickle girder]

I’m sorry but who is genuinely using c.ai as an adult no offense

[sly geyser]

you’d be surprised

[graceful heart]

Literally nobody. All adults tell me to get off, so yeah. No one

[compact tartan]

Statistics showed only 10 percent of users self reported as below 18.. so.. yes lots of adults use it.. espcially people who pay for a c.ai plus subscription.

[charred zealot]

if you start since teenage age then years go by and you still use it, that’s your answer

[urban dust]

Thats called lying about your age

[compact tartan]

Do you think that young adults are corporate slaves? People get breaks off work and use social media. Not crazy

[graceful heart]

So what are we supposed to do now? Does anyone have any alternatives?

[timber canopy]

YouTube age verification? Or did I misunderstand?

[compact tartan]

It's just the amount of users who admitted to be ing under 18

[charred zealot]

I still didnt get the age verification in YouTube, lucky me

[urban dust]

Yeah honestly it's dumb. Whats the point of c.ai if half it's users can't doing anything except read it's old chats.

The app's going to crash.

[compact tartan]

Are you people aware this is due to law? They had to follow the california law. If you hate the age update leave Idk what to say.

[charred zealot]

Bruh all I want is the edit button back T-T

[compact tartan]

People have said it's on it's downfall since character.ai came out and it's doing just fine

[urban dust]

But now no one can even chat.

[compact tartan]

Not being a nerd. Someone's child lost their life so people made laws about it

[compact tartan]

No just minors

[charred zealot]

I’m not even gonna ask how

[urban dust]

Which is basically everyone.

[trail wharf]

This new update is so stupid.I am not giving them my ID 🙁

[charred zealot]

Basically is like school sh00ting, they should banned guns to make it stop but they don’t

[trail wharf]

I know it's still stupid

Like all I want to do is actually relax after a horrible day.

[compact tartan]

Again just ignoring statistics for misinfo..

[fickle girder]

No all of them are B-B-B-BUNZ

[urban dust]

Yeah which is why Poly.ai isn't a good alternative

[compact tartan]

Also be careful not to get in trouble lol it's against the rules to promote other services

[urban dust]

Are you just going to pretend this is a good update?

[trail wharf]

Hell no

[graceful heart]

They can DM me then, idc

[graceful heart]

Hah.. It's really not

[compact tartan]

I have nothing to say beyond if you hate the app leave no point in whining about an update meant to protect people from harm

[fickle girder]

10% of c.ai are adults💔

[sly geyser]

yeah

[trail wharf]

I know they're trying to protect us and stuff, but waiting a whole 21 hours is stupid.

[charred zealot]

Bruh they silence me for 40 sec

[urban dust]

Well it's not my fault someone died because of c.ai

[compact tartan]

Not what I said, i said 10 percent self report as minors..

[timber canopy]

Oh I see, thanks for explaining it. I was confused

[urban dust]

Yeah but some people lie about their age.

[compact tartan]

This is so tonedeaf my lord do you understand the case I'm talking about?

[trail wharf]

I know I know

[fickle girder]

Oh wait I misread that mb😭

[trail wharf]

Still I'm waiting 21 hours just to go chat with the ones I have created.

[compact tartan]

I know people lie about their age I'm just providing a statistic from the ceo of c.ai. oh my goddd

[trail wharf]

I've heard some people have to wait 38 hours.

[charred zealot]

How is that protecting people from harm

[compact tartan]

I could dm you explaining it

Childish insults hop off

@lyric tapir

[chilly patio]

What's happening

[graceful heart]

"Hop off" is literally things middle schoolers say 💔

[pulsar cedar]

C.ai does not see any ID. Persona does, which is trusted by multiple companies. Nobody is forcing anyone for an ID. You do not have to give an ID unless you are flagged. You are not forced to give your ID. If you do not wish to give ID, then don't. ID is the last step. It is age reassurance first. It asks for a selfie if that selfie fails. Then it is ID. Hope this helps anyone.

[urban dust]

Yeah some 14 year old died. But it needs better mods. Not excluding minors from their site.

[compact tartan]

Says the children who came on here to complain about an ai update

[graceful heart]

Because we don't want to LEAK OUR IDENTITIES???

[compact tartan]

Then don't !

[graceful heart]

Do you know how bad it'll be if a data leak happens??

[charred zealot]

Nah, sorry but I did the face scan first and after that it asked for my ID no matter what

[lyric tapir]

[compact tartan]

Nobody is forcing you to give up ID, if you don't want to you don't have to.

[urban dust]

Im sorry but barely anyone likes this update. The only people who actually do are c.ai d riders.

[compact tartan]

It's fine if you don't like the update, I have'nt like the recent updates like charms, stories, or stickers.

[fickle girder]

Honestly I just wish c.ai luck because they are about to fall HARD🙏

[compact tartan]

Everyone can have their own opinion at the end of the day on the app they have feedback

[graceful heart]

Yeah nah, this app abt to struggle really bad..

[unkempt breach]

lmao poor ershin

[charred zealot]

Yeah no kidding

[urban dust]

Where

[compact tartan]

#1175980610095960185

[lyric tapir]

https://tenor.com/view/okay-bye-anna-frozen-gif-4958067

[pulsar cedar]

Bye Ershin, take care.

[compact tartan]

bye ershin have fun

[median token]

willow, hi! o/

[lyric tapir]

was meant to be a response for them.. but.. oh well..

[pulsar cedar]

Hii! how has your day been?

[compact tartan]

ohh

[median token]

work is giving me a headache but fine otherwise! hbu?

[compact tartan]

[sick herald]

Hello my people

[heavy blade]

Hi

[median token]

are the minors complaining again lol

[compact tartan]

hiyo

[pulsar cedar]

Work was tiring, but I'm babysitting my niece, so it's all good!

[compact tartan]

Oh they were, they got quite upset when I told them they could just stop using the app

[heavy blade]

Hi

[sick herald]

I guess but i haven't gotten anything even tho my chats are rlly short (i cannot handle long roleplays) and my shit grammar bcs i was born a swiss 😭

[sick herald]

Some of them should go touch grass No offense

[cobalt walrus]

So, I guess that the age verification system is getting more and more common in usa apparently. If you get flagged outside of usa, then it's not supposed to happen due to a bug or something.

[median token]

babysitting sounds fun! all my family is so close in age so i never had the older wise cousin experience 🤣 no nephews or nieces either

[compact tartan]

Haha yeah

[median token]

the usual then lool

[median token]

it wont flag only based on grammar

[compact tartan]

Yeah I think it's a bug(?) I heard someone say that they got age verification in europe and I was confused cause I thought it was only in united states

[cobalt walrus]

And I barely used cAI today (literally used it for some minutes) because I was kind of tired today. Still am tho

[compact tartan]

yeah its based on multiple things ur right

[heavy blade]

Same Im tired and im on reading mode on cAI

[cobalt walrus]

Yeah, it's not supposed to happen after such a short time (not even a month and a half). It's supposed to be worldwide in some months, not around Christmas lol.

[compact tartan]

Oof

[sick herald]

I hope the Ai knows no matter age, ur grammar in english can be shitty even if ur an adult (and ik the differnce between your and you're)

[heavy blade]

Yea

[median token]

imagine tho lol, merry christmas, you're blocked 💀

[compact tartan]

Yeah if english is not your first language it's understandable

[sick herald]

To the addicted minors: Instead of chatting to the AI for the last "time", in the time try to get rid of the addiction, trust me, even if it's not quick you'll do it

[cobalt walrus]

Good thing that I live in Europe then. But it means that I have to wait some months to see what it's going to look like and I don't like waiting

[median token]

it will be different signals and even if you get flagged, its a quick selfie

[sick herald]

Yeah i am a German-speaking swiss

[pale plaza]

If I don’t look 18 and don’t verify w ID, what happens

[median token]

some of my fellow northeners got flagged, ive been spared

at least for now

[pulsar cedar]

-# You've just jinxed yourself.

[tawny pivot]

I can’t use c.ai anymore omg💔

[cobalt walrus]

The verification system is not supposed to happen outside of usa that early. It's definitively a bug imo

[median token]

you dont access the app

[sick herald]

if the AI thinks ur -18 after you done the selfie and don't do the ID, you're flagged

[median token]

Haha please

[sick herald]

And..?

[tawny pivot]

WWWHAT

[pale plaza]

thank god I look like a grown man at 14 😭

[tawny pivot]

ur not tuff buddy

[naive geyser]

I NEED MY EDIT BUTTON BACK! I’m over 18 bro 😭

[sick herald]

"Tuff" 😂

[tawny pivot]

right about now I wish I did

[median token]

if your selfie flags you as a minor and you dont submit id, you dont get to use the 18+ exp

[pale plaza]

wait what does it say if I don’t look 18🫩

[tawny pivot]

Why are you so mad😭😭nephew

[sick herald]

I am very chilled right now

[sick herald]

it would want you to submit ur id

[tawny pivot]

I’m gonna do a full face of makeup I am not getting flagged and I’m most definitely not getting a job

[naive geyser]

I don’t get that if you’re under 18 you can’t edit messages? It’s silly? I don’t want to give a app my ID

[cobalt walrus]

Ah, well, I'll probably go to bed when I'll head back home. Kind of tired honestly

[compact tartan]

Im glad

[sick herald]

I fear apps know your emails and birthday 🤔

[compact tartan]

ok bro

[median token]

if you're under 18 you wont be able to chat at all soon

[tawny pivot]

☺️

[compact tartan]

if i had a dime for everytime someone says they dont want to give an ID when I say they don't have to i'd be rich

[naive geyser]

I know but I’m over 18 😭

[sick herald]

I don't think the mods care

[chilly patio]

I get the time limit
But like fr why tho

[sick herald]

be glad for a time limit, one day you can't use it

[mystic canopy]

minors can still use stories i think but idfk how those work

[tawny pivot]

the mods care abt what?? I meant to look like I’m 18+ lol what

[chilly patio]

I know that
That already happened to me

[tawny pivot]

huh what are those anyway

[sick herald]

I think full face make up would make you look weird and confuse the ai but ok

[tawny pivot]

Why are you so rude hello chill out

[sick herald]

I am too lazy to make a whole ass plot to test it

[mystic canopy]

i literally never used them, but it’s like an interactive story?? u pick a character and have a pre written plot but you can’t actually freely chat

might be ass idk

[chilly patio]

Gonna do the unthinkable and try it out heh

[tawny pivot]

That sounds boring I don’t wanna use c.ai THATTT bad……….I’m not that unemployed

[sick herald]

That's just the usual me?? Not my fault ur confessing this all in a server

[sly geyser]

oh boy

[tawny pivot]

ur acting like I’m confessing to a crime chill out ur also in a c.ai server ur JS as bad as I am 💔 also if rude is the usual u then u might wanna work on that broseph stalin

[sly geyser]

damn its cold af outside

[chilly patio]

Btw
Is the possibility that neither of you are mad
And that it's just a misunderstanding impossible??

[sick herald]

Oh no i am in the c.ai server i am so scared

[mystic canopy]

[sly geyser]

could be a misunderstanding tbh

[tawny pivot]

??? No one is trying to scare u hello

Ts guy🥀

[sly geyser]

ts ≠ this

[tawny pivot]

Ts guy ts guy ts guy ts guy ts guy ts guy

[sick herald]

that was sarcarisstic how tf

[chilly patio]

“This shit guy”
I mean it could still work 💔

[sly geyser]

ig lol

[sick herald]

I'm female I'm female I'm female I'm female I'm female

[sly geyser]

aight lets just move on

[chilly patio]

Real

[tawny pivot]

I know I’m not dumb it just made like zero sense because no one was trying to be scary

[sick herald]

tf does slice of life mein in the stories thing

[chilly patio]

Casual stuff

[wide moth]

wtf is this new update, all my chats got removed

[sick herald]

imma put this one i guess the other ones sound stupid

[tawny pivot]

Me too bro I’m gonna slime myself out

[sick herald]

what does story premise and describe it mean (srry for asking)

[compact tartan]

fr

[chilly patio]

Bro said all OUR thoughts 😂

[sick herald]

It's the law

[tawny pivot]

Bros a little late to the party

[compact tartan]

no worries. it's like instead of being able to type whatever you want you choose option a b or c

[wide moth]

What law?

[rustic pecan]

Slice of life = normal and boring. I don’t mean that as an insult lmao. It just means like “they’re a normal person doing regular things”. No superpowers or action or anything like that.

[compact tartan]

bathroom break, i got up

[wide moth]

Wait I can’t even save the chats I’ll write down now?

[compact tartan]

Character.ai is in california, USA and has to follow the law in cali

I have to go to the gym soon anyways I'm gonna go

[sick herald]

So i write stuff in the story premise?

[tawny pivot]

Wait which law is it violating anyway?

[wide moth]

wtf that’s incredibly annoying

[half dawn]

Makeup can’t trick Persona because it doesn’t judge “how old you look.” The system reads bone structure, facial ratios, skin texture, and liveness data—things makeup can’t change.But it won’t fool biometric verification. In short: glam can shift aesthetics, not your actual age.💚

[sick herald]

like if the character are siblings, one of them has issues i just write it down?

[mystic canopy]

cali passed a new law about minors using chatbots, just in the past few months i think

[sly geyser]

yep it even says in #📣︱announcements about the update

[sick herald]

how do people not know about the law

[sly geyser]

cant read ig

[mystic canopy]

I’m European and i still know it lmfaoo 😭

[sick herald]

also i don't get it with the story premise i write a plot in it

[sick herald]

i am a swiss and i know about it too

[warm oar]

Hey, does anyone know how to access the Memory tab on the website? I've been looking for it for a while but I can't find it 😭

[compact tartan]

many kids on here either have misinformation or emotion clouding their judgement

[sly geyser]

just get a new face and you may pass the facial recognition

[sick herald]

If you're a normal minor: ask your parent to do it and promise them not to any sus stuff on the ai app and tell them its for roleplaying so nothing is real

[rancid oyster]

That’s still breaking the law lol

[chilly patio]

What are they gonna do? Catch me?/ref

[chilly patio]

Wait I'm stupid

[sick herald]

C.ai did somethign against it, if a minor doesn't follow it it isn't on c.ai

[mystic canopy]

thing is, cai won’t be legally responsible anymore if minors do get past the ban

[rancid oyster]

True

[restive ridge]

To be honest, it could work, Persona did say they are deleting the data

Oh wait, that's not fucking true because you can't delete shit on the internet.

[halcyon cypress]

lol kids still coming on here insisting adults don't use cai?

[cobalt walrus]

Hmm, I suppose so, from what I'm seeing.

[sick herald]

I wanna try the story thingy

[rancid oyster]

Nothing out of the ordinary lol

[halcyon cypress]

"none of the adults i know (their parents) use it therefore no adults in the whole world use it!"

[sick herald]

nvm it won't let me

[rancid oyster]

I think stories is in beta and also for the under 18 group

[mystic canopy]

adult = no fun allowed anymore i guess

only taxes and misery

[sick herald]

and the adults can't use it?

[chilly patio]

Yes
If you're an adult
You are only allowed to suffer

[sick herald]

LET ME CREATE THE STORY

[rancid oyster]

It’s been having issues for a bit, so maybe adults can use it once it’s stable

[restive ridge]

Th-those damn kids w-will never understand o-our suffering! I cry as they drag me into the marshmallow room

But I forgot stories existed lmao

All I'm reading is about the micro transactions they're adding

[sick herald]

fAiLeD cReAtInG sToRy
then what am i supposed to put in?? Rainbows and unicorns

[chilly patio]

What 🥹

[restive ridge]

That's what I'm reading and I keep seeing on YT with their stupid charms

[sick herald]

It won't let me create on because apparently c.ai doesn't like 18+ people to use stories

[restive ridge]

We're adults. We don't read apparently

[mystic canopy]

i think charms are like discord orbs, u can use them for usually paid stuff like extra imagine turns and other plus things

[sick herald]

Apparently i'ce misses 99.99% of all times when c.ai was down while i was using c.ai not aware it was down ✌️ i must be the choosen one /j

[odd crag]

i have access to stories on a 18 account.. you just have go through the labs link

check the announcements on the app.

[restive ridge]

Also c.ai is on slowmo, I need some of yall to go 🫩✌️

[sick herald]

i do it wont let me create one

[odd crag]

it lets me. so its for adults too.

[jaunty bone]

I LOST CHAT ACCESS

[sick herald]

apparently not for me what am i doing wrong

now it let me create

[vestal coyote]

Hey guys

[sick herald]

i ain't waiting for 5-10 minutes i didn't want vienna in there but now she is there

[jaunty bone]

Guys, what’ll I do?

[restive ridge]

Cry and find another app

[jaunty bone]

That’s a damn good idea

[restive ridge]

And slam C.ai

[heavy blade]

Hi

[sick herald]

Touch grass

[jaunty bone]

Wdym by slam it?

[austere cairn]

Same , but I am glad that I have Fictionlab ai so I can rp in my Murder Drone rp that is private

[autumn apex]

am i stupid or when ads appear it doesn’t let me press the x button?

[jaunty bone]

I WAS GETTING TO A GOOD PART IN MY RP

[austere cairn]

Same 😭

[jaunty bone]

Like, im 15. Are we fr?

[rustic pecan]

#📈︱status message

[jaunty bone]

Guys, I’m becoming depressed BECAUSE of this rule

[autumn apex]

alrr

[restive basin]

This is so ass

[sick herald]

That thing failed to create Vienna

Carinthia turned into Liechtenstein during the thing I need a channel to post this in

[gilded bay]

for the longest time i thought it was just me. it’s starting to annoy me now tho

[slate turret]

I’ve seen this a few times now, and I wanted to ask: Is it okay to use someone else’s bot and rewrite it to change for example the gender of the user or to change the character itself and then post that one (obviously giving credits to the original creator) to widen the spectrum of users who can use it? Like making a bot for girls also usable for boys etc?

[sick herald]

yk what i have a better idea how about i write a story myself 😭

[oak tiger]

Its been 4 hours and the timer on my c.ai still hasn't moved

[gilded bay]

aslong as full credits are given i think its fine

[slate turret]

Just for understanding, what isn’t considered “full credits”? Never heard of that

[sullen seal]

having soft launch but not the edit button is evil

[violet hill]

Are you in the United States?

If not, you were flagged as a minor and you'll have to wait for age assurance to roll out in your country.

[noble gazelle]

Can no longer chat with then bots so no point in having character ai anymore ✌️

[worn pike]

why are they assuming my age thats totes cancel-worthy/hj

[scarlet oxide]

Literally, it takes away the entire purpose of the app

[noble gazelle]

Yeah so I deleted it

[cobalt walrus]

They said that the age verification system will be worldwide in some months, not barely a month and a half after the announcement. It's not supposed to happen that early, it's definitively a problem.

[worn pike]

i know what they should do! not what theyre doing rn😒😒

[cobalt walrus]

It's a bug, after all, when cAI isn't buggy?

I'm not surprised at this point. There are some people getting bugs while it's not supposed to happen, while other users are just that lucky and barely get problems using cAI.

[dense moss]

New C.AI article dropped

[median token]

the 60 minutes one?

[violet hill]

CBS, yeah. This should be good.

I grew up in the Columbine years, feels like we're right back there, tbh.

Everyone was so quick to blame DOOM and Marilyn Manson and KMFDM.

[cobalt walrus]

Parents try to parenting challenge, yeah it's a fail and it's sad to see that

[dense moss]

Yep

[violet hill]

That's all I'm going to say on this, though. Mental health is difficult to discuss especially when it's in regards to young people who haven't experienced full brain development. Every lost child is a tragedy and I hope people can look past everything else to recognize that.

[dense moss]

Im just confused on how this will do anything tbh

[rustic pecan]

Keeps CAI from getting hit with more lawsuits involving minors.

[dense moss]

Not the age assurance thing, I meant the article

[violet hill]

What, the lawsuits? This is probably the closest thing the parents feel they can have to justice, or perhaps closure. I thankfully wouldn't know what losing a child feels like.

[dense moss]

Yeah, I understand that, I was talking about the article itself

[violet hill]

Well, they're journalists. This is a scoop worthy of sharing.

Especially because the widespread adoption of LLMs is a novel thing.

[dense moss]

Good point

[rustic pecan]

CAI is an influential app and 60 Minutes is a huge news source. With the lawsuits, they were bound to eventually do a piece.

[molten sorrel]

I don't know why why it's not letting me edit.My chats.Is there something going on right now

[forest trellis]

gmail made me do age verification

[dense moss]

Yeah, I see that now it took a bit for that to click. Im usually not that tuned in on articles, I js read that one because it showed up

[violet hill]

Are you in the United States? If not, you were flagged as a minor and you'll have to wait for age assurance to roll out in your country in order to verify.

[molten sorrel]

I am in the united states yes

[violet hill]

Check your settings, in advanced on the app.

Do you have "verify age"?

If so, wait, you'll be prompted soon.

[wet gulch]

I've tried to verify my age, and it won't work at all

[violet hill]

Yeah the system is bogged down right now from what I hear.

[wet gulch]

Then entire app, and website version crash so hard bro it was crazy

[molten sorrel]

Did the verify age?But unfortunately, I don't have an ID i did the picture thing, but I guess it's not really letting me

[wet gulch]

You need your ID to

[violet hill]

No, you only need your ID if the facial recognition process can't identify you as an adult.

[wet gulch]

I'm literally almost 20! 😭

It said I look 15

[violet hill]

For the record you're also not sending your personal information to Character.AI themselves, but to their partner providing age assurance, Persona.

[wet gulch]

Oh I know I made sure it was safe and no I didn't send my ID

[shy wasp]

I've faced this issue. They blocked me from app use, so I deleted it and moved to Ao3 publishing - also, hi lol

[molten sorrel]

That very much sucks.I mean, I don't know why they need you to verify the age to edit your chats.I don't understand that

[wet gulch]

Law suit

:/ it's annoying but reasonable ngl
I don't think the minors need to be on the app

[violet hill]

Because minors can still edit bot responses into something they shouldn't be, and C.AI doesn't want to deal with any further legal troubles brought about by minors.

[leaden basin]

Hey yall!! Just wanted to ask, do we know when are they going to fix the unskippable add bug? Or did they already fixed it?
-# (i saw the announcement about it btw)

[violet hill]

Devs have addressed that the bug is present, but there's currently no fix announced.

I'd keep up to date with #📣︱announcements and the subreddit if I were you.

[leaden basin]

Okie!! Tysm

[violet hill]

No problem! Glad to help.

[timber canopy]

Heya! Why does the bot say every time I ask for the date that it’s either 2021-2023?

[leaden basin]

btw i love ur bio LMAO

[wet gulch]

The search bar in the app is also being a pain in the butt

[timber canopy]

Ikr I have to go to main menu to search

[leaden basin]

Maybe its written with the date 2021-2023, or, a lots of people have mentioned something about it. Thats my guess

[timber canopy]

Okay cause it’s kinda- not 2012-2023 anymore :3

[wet gulch]

Literally! 😭 It won't work Everytime I try to search for my character Daenerys Targaryen

[leaden basin]

I dunno🤔 maybe its still 2023 for them

[timber canopy]

That name made me think it was a magical wizard name lol

[shy wasp]

It means it was made during that time period. Those were the years during the major AI boom

[timber canopy]

Okay

[wet gulch]

Dis 🙌

[timber canopy]

Ahh yes the golden age

[wet gulch]

I was bout to say that lol

[shy wasp]

It can be fixed by embedding a specific date into the storyline.. E.G: phone, clock, watch, news broadcast on tv, etc

[wet gulch]

Do me a favor and try searching Daenerys Targaryen in the app on your end just so I can make sure it's not me

If nothing comes up that means it's bugging out

[pseudo monolith]

mariah carey

[wet gulch]

Or they took the character itself completely down 😭

[violet hill]

You have to search for "Dany Targ".

[wet gulch]

Oh my gods thank you 😭

[violet hill]

GoT characters were blacklisted by their full names due to a C&D last November.

[wet gulch]

Wait where?

[violet hill]

On c.ai, Warner Bros issued a cease & desist after the first tragedy involving a minor.

Infamously, it was a Game of Thrones character that said minor was chatting with.

[wet gulch]

Oh-

I had no idea..

[static temple]

chat how do I make my c.ai bot speak a specific way?

[violet hill]

They also blacklisted Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, but, you can still find bots of them using their civilian names.

[rustic pecan]

Write it into the definition.

[static temple]

doesn't seem to work, am I missing something?

[wet gulch]

So there's still bots of Danny on the app just use Dany targ?

[violet hill]

Yep. I get them recommended to me all the time.

[shy wasp]

Edit previous message or OG prompt to your preferred style and regenerate the response until you get your desired format

[violet hill]

Just search "Dany Targ" instead of her full name.

[wet gulch]

Thank the stars 😭

[shy wasp]

and DeadPool

[static temple]

I'll try that, thanks

[wet gulch]

Thank you boom! Your a real life saver, I'm trying to write my fanfic and I needed one for these bots

[violet hill]

The vast majority of Marvel characters were taken down in an unrelated Disney cease & desist.

[shy wasp]

;-; I know, I had to do a LOT of work-arounds to avoid moderation

[leaden basin]

They also took down my httyd bots which is NOT disney at all

[violet hill]

One of the Invisible Woman bots I talked to, the author changed the name to "See-Through Female" lol.

Actually busted my guts laughing.

[shy wasp]

HAHAAA that's actually hilarious

[sick herald]

I was laughing at AI generated images c.ai did and wondered how that is gonna take an artists jobs when it can't even generate some countryhumans

[violet hill]

There's a whole rabbit hole I've been down involving awful AI-generated "HFY stories" and the comments are full of bots. So, there are bots making videos, and the commenters are also all bots. There were, like, twenty-five different Ukrainian nightwatchmen who all had the exact same experience and typed the exact same thing about using these videos to "feel less alone".

Excuse me? You don't "feel" anything, clanker.

[shy wasp]

That is a very good theory, I like it

[median token]

christmas music plays

MARIAH YOU GOT PLUS??

[steady void]

hi

[sly geyser]

brainwash it

[forest wave]

i got disconnected is anyone having any issue?

ah im back now is cause i puted the app on a Second window

[ashen sand]

question is anyone elses bots spamming emojis after one talk?

or im i getting broken ones

[oak tiger]

Guys its been 5 hours and the timer STILL says 5 hour 8 minutes left

[wraith light]

5 hours? How?

I thought there was only a 2 hour limit?

[oak tiger]

The timer after the 2 hours

[rich stream]

I'm pretty sure overtime it increases until it completely bans the user from chatting with bots [aside from stickers or whatever LOL]

[wraith light]

OH

Speaking of that, I’m not comfy showing id so if there’s any way to pass that id like to know lol

[oak tiger]

Yea I got timed 9 and a half hours ago but its said 5 hours for a long time now

[rich stream]

As long as you don't get flagged as a minor—think its based on usage, timezone [AKA, on right after school hours / right before.] And text patterns. But I'm not entirely sure so you'll have to ask a CAI fanatic

Plus, it asks for selfie, then if that comes back inconclusive it'll ask for ID

[wraith light]

I got passed the selfie fine? I just don’t wanna share such personal information

[wraith light]

Oh crap I’m not sure if I was. But it shouldn’t be possible since I’m an adult

[rich stream]

You'll be alright if it said you passed with selfie LOL

[wraith light]

Then why is it asking for id if I got passed the selfie?

[rich stream]

Did it say you were confirmed 18+ with selfie?

[wraith light]

No? Unless I looked too young?

Ugh. Might have to get someone else to do the selfie for me then lol

[rich stream]

Probably looked too young.

[wraith light]

UGH NOOO! Just my luck lmao

[eternal flame]

I'm close to hit 70 followers in end of 2025

[ivory temple]

Uhm, does anyone know what to do if the website suddenly says "You're Blocked", i was just trying to make an account for the first time

[wraith light]

Great. wont let me back to the selfie page again

[timber canopy]

Use Vpn

[ivory temple]

Thank you, I'll try!

[vestal imp]

why cant i chat my account is over 18??

did a new update happen..

today? i didnt get notified of itt

[verbal rivet]

I did reach 133.4k interactions on my account and I just lost more of my chats from another characters

[shy wasp]

Idk, you might want to check announcements though. I've deleted the app but am still here to provide tech assistance and Q&As. It might be because of a bug, glitch, or general maintenance.

[timber canopy]

I am so glad to hear that, keep it up

[vestal imp]

btw I am now in reading mode but my account was always over 18

[timber canopy]

You had soft launch or edit button before all that?

[vestal imp]

i had soft launch, no edit button

[shy wasp]

Oh, that's... odd

[violet garden]

Is the verification thing still bugged?

[rustic pecan]

Glitch. Open a ticket.

[shy wasp]

likely

[wraith tapir]

yep

[violet garden]

Oml 💔

[vestal imp]

well it wont let me click it so yeah its bugged

[violet garden]

They claim to be the best ai platform yet cant fix this 😭

[shy wasp]

Their claims are false

[ivory temple]

YOU'RE MY SAVIOUR THXX

[violet garden]

Ikr

[vestal imp]

so immature of them oml

[vestal imp]

it was unverified btw i didnt do the verificaiton thing

[shy wasp]

By the end of the year, it's estimated to have made ~32mil or so - Google. Yet, they only have a -- and this is a guess -- rough estimate of 200 workers. My thoughts are that someone there is lying about something

[wraith light]

I’m screaming at the verification thing. I really dont wanna share any ID but It won’t let me redo the selfie

[shy wasp]

you can just cancel out and do it again. ID is required tho, even for me

[vestal imp]

did the chat get removed for unverified users

[shy wasp]

wdym??

[wraith light]

Everyone has to? I thought if you looked old enough in the selfie it was fine?

[vestal imp]

my chat now says “reading mode” but like i didnt sign up as a teen

[shy wasp]

No, unfortunately

[timber canopy]

No problem!

[verbal rivet]

I’m going to lose a lot of my chats on my other account (discord character ai) because a lot of the bots that I have chatting in the past years are just going to be deleted by the creator deleting their accounts or ending up private their characters

[wraith light]

Ugh. A fake id online wouldn’t work would it?

[shy wasp]

I believe it is automatic until you verify solidly that your are 18+

[vestal imp]

i wasnt notified of this though

[rigid zealot]

they probably just like seeing what people look like irl. It is just so horrible how some random dude whom probably no one knows wants an age verification where users have to show their real life face. It's honestly so stupid.

[shy wasp]

Neither was I

[timber canopy]

I am so sorry to hear that, hope you find other bots that you would like

[vestal imp]

let me check if its okay on my other account or something

[wraith light]

Yeah it’s scummy. Specially when they wanna nab personal info too

[rigid zealot]

Thats what im always saying

[wraith light]

That’s why I don’t wanna share id. Don’t wanna risk showing a fake id either or something. if that would even work

[verbal rivet]

The problem is that I have no access to my discord character AI account that I have created using legacy logins but i haven’t been able to access it since last year and I don’t know how much bots are gone on there

[rustic pecan]

Not CAI’s problem at that point. They want to rid themselves of lawsuits more than anything else.

[timber canopy]

Oh yeah I totally understand but I really hope you find similar bots to the one you had lost, maybe even better. Just don't upset yourself

[wheat python]

My chat should've unlocked but it just started another 24 hour timer, didn't even let me chat at all.

[dawn wren]

I'm very late to the discussion, but I only noticed recently that Character Technologies have deprecated open-ended chat for minors a few weeks ago already.

I joined c.ai when I was 21 in 2023, but I've stayed here for its SFW and wholesome nature. I believe that chats of a more adult nature belong on other sites.

And had c.ai been launched in 2016, young me would have wanted to use it very much. But now that I'm older, I know that some concerns from authority figures are valid after all.

[undone shard]

This new update sucks, bro

[timber canopy]

Does anyone know what's wrong with the ads? Sometimes I can't close them.

[eternal flame]

Hey Vicky, rise

[vestal imp]

which update

[wraith light]

Agreed. I’m gonna keep rehashing this, but I just wanna play without having to give personal information like my face or information

[undone shard]

The new mode called reading mode

[timber canopy]

Whaaaat

[wraith light]

I’m sick of only getting 1 hour to do anything

[undone shard]

Exactly

[patent steeple]

I just got my chats switched to reading mode on my main acc :((

[timber canopy]

What is that

[vestal imp]

it happened for me too, idk why because i was literally never notified

[patent steeple]

Mines has been cutting me off at 45 mins

[cobalt walrus]

It's the law, they can't do anything against that. If they don't follow said law, they're going to be bankrupt and have to close cAI servers.

[rigid zealot]

EXACTLY

[undone shard]

And the 1 hour cooldown thingy
I just wanted to chill man and have fun with the drama in the chats

[patent steeple]

It’s when you can’t text any bots at all, only see your past convos

[undone shard]

But they decided to ruin it

[vestal imp]

22 hours is like to much for a time limit

[timber canopy]

And why does that happen?

[wraith light]

What would be nice is 2 hours to play, then 2 hour break

A more even system that actually gives time to enjoy the app

[patent steeple]

My main acc was one of the first to be hit by the ‘under 18 update’. They’re rolling it out in waves so people don’t freak out all at once

[timber canopy]

Does anyone know what's wrong with the ads? Sometimes I can't close them.

[rustic pecan]

They don’t want minors chatting at all. The time limits are to not cut off suddenly.

[verbal rivet]

I used my phone number discord to log in to character ai and i can’t login to that account anymore through the email address because it will login into my google account which I am currently using instead of my discord character ai account and all of my chats on the bots are already gone by the time I regain access to the account (discord character AI account) and I have like so many important messages on the bots there

[thorn fjord]

The app doesn’t even work for me

[rustic pecan]

It’s a bug being worked on.

[patent steeple]

And I’m not giving them a photo of my ID💔

[wraith light]

YESS, there’s gotta be a better way

[timber canopy]

Ah, only for minors, right?

[cobalt walrus]

It'll be worldwide in some months, by the way. For now it's only in the USA. But if some people get flagged outside of usa, then it's not supposed to happen that early, barely a month and a half after the announcement about it.

[patent steeple]

For everyone. Every acc gets hit unless you take a selfie and give them a photo of ur ID

[undone shard]

Yeah, at this point, I quitting

[patent steeple]

I genuinely have to quit atp

[cobalt walrus]

There are some users who are adults and don't get flagged because of some factors. Can't remember which ones tho

[fickle girder]

Which one do you guys think is gonna happen first? C.ai goes bankrupt or they let >18 user come back

[deft jetty]

Either your face, or your ID, there's nothing else that can be done currently.

[wraith light]

What if I go on google and look up id? Would that work lmao

[cobalt walrus]

I'll try to search for it. If I find it, I'll post it here.

[patent steeple]

IT MADE ME DO BOOOTTTHHHH 💔💔

[timber canopy]

It's the best; there's a Chinese trend where people are starting to use obsolete phones.

[night sail]

I Tried

[rustic pecan]

Now why would you admit to wanting to do this? 😭😭😭

[patent steeple]

It doesn’t worrrkkk

[wraith light]

NO IM NOT

[patent steeple]

Don’t snitch yall 💔

[wraith light]

Just a hypothetical

[upper laurel]

BRO I SWEAR TO GOD I CAN’T EVEN ROLEPLAY AS A CHARACTER WITHOUT IT BEING TURNED INTO A MAFIA MAN ??

[night sail]

Dude Atp Im Just Going To An Alternative 🥀✌️

[deft jetty]

mods are watching, just saying 👀

[ocean abyss]

Just some light teehee identity theft being announced on the official discord where the mods are, nbd

[timber canopy]

I'm also looking for one that isn't POE.

[verbal rivet]

I did only the Face ID but i still have soft launch and edit

[ocean abyss]

ID laws will be coming for all of them. There’s a reason Google and Microsoft started theirs at 18 and up.

Good luck everyone, and remember that discussing alternatives is against the rules here.

[cobalt walrus]

I found it lol

[fickle girder]

C.ai should just fix their bots instead of banning minors🫩

[timber canopy]

I didn't know, sorry haha, I just came in to see if the app was down, but thanks for letting me know <33

[night sail]

Exactly

[wraith light]

Agreed

[undone shard]

Facts

[ocean abyss]

They can’t. There’s content made for and by adults in the training data. They cannot make it safe. It’s like trying to make alcohol safe for minors. We can’t. They can’t.

[timber canopy]

How I miss the old Wattpad. Character AI has everything to be as great as Wattpad, but these new rules are getting stricter and stricter.

[patent steeple]

It’s also becoming a genuine problem with minors getting hooked/addicted to bots

[frail robin]

This channel's name should be changed

[rustic pecan]

Bots are too uncontrollable. If they were to be “fixed”, you know what that means? More filters and restrictions. That’s the fix.

[undone shard]

The only thing they need to remove
Is the reading mode and the cooldown

[cobalt walrus]

And I don't know if they'll be able to make a fully separate app for the others, but it'll be too expensive, will take too much time and so on.

[frail robin]

age-verification-discussion

c.ai-is-dead-discussion

[timber canopy]

I'm not criticizing the creators or the people in charge, I'm only referring to the laws

[mild badge]

Idk if this is the right place but can no one else look at bot creators profiles?

[patent steeple]

It’d be a VALID fix tho

[night sail]

Dude I Just Wish There Was A Site EXACTLY Like C.ai But Actually Made Their Community Happy

[median token]

i saw the pieces on 60 minutes & cbs and i'm wondering what those guys are putting in to get those messages bc my cai never acted like that to me

[undone shard]

And watch they’re gonna make an announcement saying
“ we’re trying to make character ai better”

Even though they’re making it worse

[shy wasp]

Yes, however the restrictions would make it near impossible to do just about anything

[rustic pecan]

People would meltdown even more if they tightened the filters lmfao

[frail robin]

apparently the messages they are sending arent all that crazy.

[patent steeple]

That’d be a reasonable thing to do to accs that didn’t want to verify their age. It prevents people from hurting themselves or relying heavily on AI

[fickle girder]

Do you guys think c.ai will make it to march 2026

[rustic pecan]

Yes. No doubt.

[hard mortar]

Nah

[ocean abyss]

If it’s anything like the fist lawsuit I read, they did the “Do NOT do this” in the bot description, which only makes them do it more aggressively lol

[median token]

what were they sending? i saw the hour long one on the aussie mom but other than the son's texts, we didn't get any insight on what her friend texted to cai to test the bot

[timber canopy]

From what I understand (and I'm not defending them), they're really focused on becoming more widespread and getting into big companies, and to do that they need to get more involved with current laws to avoid becoming a banned app. And we also have to consider their popularity; it's obvious they're forced to...

[median token]

yeah.. tbh kids & teens are stupid, good thing they are being removed from the app

this is too much for them

[rustic pecan]

They don’t want minors chatting on the app. Period. And that’s their call to make.

[fickle girder]

Dude I was just making stories nun weird why’d they ban me😭

[night sail]

Yea Im Switching To A Different Chat Site ✌️

[upbeat plover]

so far I haven’t got the age verification thing,(knocking on wood) . Is there a reason on why I haven’t got it yet?

[hard mortar]

That is crazy

[fickle girder]

But that’s the thing, literally everything else sucks🫩

[frail robin]

oh u watched their broadcast? i only read their brief article on it

[cobalt walrus]

If you live outside of usa, then you won't have the age verification system where you live.

[median token]

its on youtube, but its just the interview from the parent of the first kid

[hard mortar]

Why can't I rewind chat?

[ocean abyss]

They’re still taking a risk (that a lot of people wish they wouldn’t tbh) by letting under 18s use Stories. They don’t have to do that, but they’re trying to let the under 18s have fun.

[timber canopy]

What?? Can you get banned?

[upbeat plover]

I live very close to Canada, does that count?, I’m still in the USA tho

[median token]

not banned, limited for being under 18

idk why y'all are saying its a ban, your account is still there and you still have some features

[fickle girder]

I mean like banned from open chat

[hard mortar]

Oh damn

[fickle girder]

Shoulda worded that better

[untold jacinth]

hi guys :3

[cobalt walrus]

I don't know. For now, it's only in the usa. Didn't heard about anyone getting the age verification in Canada. It's not supposed to happen that early (barely a month and a half later) if people get that, it's a bug.

[patent steeple]

Hi :3

[cobalt walrus]

On the subreddit, I've seen literally one Italian getting the age verification system and that's it, from what I've seen. It's a bug, not supposed to happen now tho.

[ocean abyss]

Because the science unfortunately says that it’s bad for minors to have access to this tech. Just like some kids can watch horror movies and be okay, most can’t, so we have media ratings. You have to show an ID to buy GTA, for example. We learn what is and isn’t appropriate and have to draw the line somewhere. 18 is the line for 1 on 1 chats with AI.

[timber canopy]

What are they talking about? I didn't understand.

[misty grove]

"I'm gonna use a different site that'll endanger me." Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[full zephyr]

Can anyone tell me why it doesn’t let me enter a message before the bots message is read out ?

[viscid valve]

So what’s going on cai cause I haven’t been on it Ive been busy yk so I wanna know the tea 🍵

[upbeat plover]

wait?. You gotta have an ID for gta?..like in store?

[misty grove]

People whining about age verification when c.ai isn't going to retract it anytime soon, nothing new.

[verbal rivet]

There is no way to tell which bots that you have already talked to since there aren’t any options to see the past history list of all of our past characters that we have chatting with

I wish there were an option to see the past history list of all our past and current chats, showing every bot we’ve talked to—including deleted or moderated ones—so we could easily find them and know if we had previously chatted with them.

It would be similar to the ‘liked list’ but it shows the lists of all of our past bots that we have chatted with to make it easier to find them.

[shy wasp]

Do you guys think the community lead is watching us talk rn?

[median token]

yup back in the day, when you had to go to gamestop to pick up cds you needed id for certain games

or your parents bought them for you

[hard mortar]

At this point, I'm using Google Docs

[patent steeple]

LOLOL

[frail robin]

bru no.

[shy wasp]

idk im bored

[hard mortar]

NO BECAUSE THE REWIND HAS BEEN REMOVED

[upbeat plover]

Ohhh, I was lucky and got mine online

[ocean abyss]

If they don’t think you look 18, yeah. Same thing for buying tickets to R movies.

[median token]

online i suppose its connected to your account with a birthday so it was easier but back when cds were popular and built into most systems, you had to show your ID to the store clerk

[dawn wren]

I joined c.ai when I was 21, but I couldn't imagine how it would have been if it launched in 2016 and introduced this change in 2017

[shrewd oxide]

Is your guys’ ads glitched on mobile too, it won’t let me press X

[gray burrow]

Oh dear god

[misty grove]

Known glitch rn unfortunately

[ocean abyss]

Things have been sliding on things like this for too long, I think we’re about to have a web-wide reckoning and it’s not going to be fun. 🤷‍♀️

[shrewd oxide]

Oh okay

[patent steeple]

It’s a bug they’re gonna fix

[shrewd oxide]

Poe🥺

[hard mortar]

Does know one notice the Rewind button is gone? I press the Close button and it does not do anything.

[dawn wren]

Because 2017 was one of my worst years in real life (I didn't even know how I got through it)

[gray burrow]

TWINNIN

[patent steeple]

I genuinely think you’re gonna get hit with the 18 plus thing

[patent steeple]

That same thing happened to me the day b4 my acc got it

[dawn wren]

But anyway, Character Technologies Inc is a business subject to regulations, after all.
They follow regulations or get fined out of business. And very often, these regulations have grounds as well.

[hard mortar]

Sigh.

[dawn wren]

Now I'm doubting whether it was still worth it to support c.ai with an annual plus membership back in early November (I didn't know about the moderation of Disney characters and the new experience for our younger friends back then)

[dawn wren]

Most of my characters are minors themselves as well, such as Prince Serenity from Sailor Moon. I've always seen c.ai as a wholesome site (compared to other AI chat sites), but ultimately the reality is that this site also harbors a large amount of harmful bots and has unfortunately contributed to many tragedies.

[upbeat plover]

Y’all think if I click the soft launch style, will it flag me?

[shy wasp]

No harm in trying

You can always re-verify it again

[hard mortar]

Erm

[half dawn]

Because y'all all use the same one. 💀

[median token]

i thought y'all had this one

please dont do that 😭

[viscid valve]

What the helly

[cobalt walrus]

Lmao, imagine if it works. Some people tried a stratagem in the UK where they picked a video game character in order to prove that they're adults without showing their actual faces, and the thing is that it actually works
It was weeks ago tho.

[median token]

i've heard the UK and Australia were really cracking down

[upbeat plover]

Yeah some people use a game character editor

[cobalt walrus]

That verification system wasn't honestly the brightest lmao

[gray burrow]

Hey….go touch grass.

[half dawn]

I doubt that will work on persona, because they use live selfie as the first step.

[empty lagoon]

How can I verify on website

[misty grove]

In your advanced settings

[upbeat plover]

I do, son🥹✌️

[dawn wren]

Sometimes when I at the current state of Internet regulation, I always wondered, should I feel lucky for being born in 2002?

Too old to be affected by age verifications (I turned 18 in 2020)

[gray burrow]

Making a fake ID over an ai roleplay website is crazy 🥹

Do something with your life

Get a job

Go play with your friends

Play video games

[upbeat plover]

I have a job?

[gray burrow]

Do something other than that

[upbeat plover]

You act like I always spend time on cai, I do other things

[gray burrow]

It is NOT that bad to need a fake ID for

[dawn wren]

But anyway, seeing Character AI moving on to a new chapter after 2 years of startup chic is a bittersweet moment

[gray burrow]

How I feel as an 05 baby raised by a single mom

[misty grove]

1999...

[gray burrow]

O..

[misty grove]

Where's my walker

[hot ridge]

Also announcing you're gonna commit a felony on discord over ai bots is crazy

[empty lagoon]

Hi grandthem

[misty grove]

back in my day, I remember dial up 😔

[gray burrow]

If it makes you feel ANY better, my first phone was a flip phone

I played pac man nonstop

[viscid valve]

Wait a minute why the hell we need to verify that we are above age cuz likw for premium or what ik cuz minors on here and stuff like that yk

[gray burrow]

We screenshot and run to mods!!

[empty lagoon]

Grandthem how was it back in the days

[dawn wren]

Companies are always cooler as startups, but when they scale they face realities about investor money and regulation, and we early users can feel that too.

[hot ridge]

law requires age verification for AI chatbots

[viscid valve]

Are u Frl rn

[jade minnow]

I mean fake ids over ai roleplay is insane but tbh the age verification thing is also kinda annoying to me

[misty grove]

It was good, I remember knowing where my friends were by the bikes outside their houses

We used to play in a dried up lake that we called The Pit

[hot ridge]

yeah, google is doing it, so is openAI/chatGPT as well

[empty lagoon]

Woah

[ocean abyss]

Yeah, but it’s minor annoyance that’s required by law versus a felony

[viscid valve]

It really is like one time YouTube ask me for my age

[dawn wren]

SB 243 in California is the bill. Although it does not exactly require age verification, it requires stricter guardrails for companion chatbots that are available to our younger friends

[serene wigeon]

what can i use instead of cai?

[viscid valve]

Don’t forget YouTube

[dawn wren]

That is why c.ai made Stories an alternative to Open-ended chats

[hot ridge]

owned by google

[viscid valve]

Frl

[gray burrow]

Wait till yall realize Roblox is doing the same to chat..

Just to talk..

[patent steeple]

People can’t give recs in chat, it’s against the rules

[gray burrow]

[serene wigeon]

oh

[gray burrow]

Check TikTok

Honestly

Atp

[hot ridge]

yes lol, for almost 20 years

[viscid valve]

That’s dumb by having a age verification and what not

[hot ridge]

not really

I mean it sucks but the logic is there

[gray burrow]

It’s to protect kids

[viscid valve]

True

[gray burrow]

I wish it was done sooner

A lot of us older ppl wouldn’t have been so traumatized by online stuff if it had been 😭

[ocean abyss]

The internet is just catching up to what was required in person for literally ever.

[gray burrow]

LITERALLY

[dawn wren]

It is the implementation that is concerning, but the principle is grounded

[gray burrow]

Like guys a teen having unrestricted internet access can be so dangerous. . .

Let alone preteens and younger

[viscid valve]

Like talking to someone who older than them

[gray burrow]

And not in the friendly way

[hot ridge]

as long as i don't have my internet access restricted I'm good

[patent steeple]

[gray burrow]

The internet is dangerous in so many ways 💔

[dawn wren]

Yes, I was lucky that I did not get groomed on the Internet during 2007-2020 at all

[gray burrow]

Omegle was the biggest enemy

Deadass