💭︱cai-discussion

[pliant nebula]

because they’re owned from a specific IP. when a specific company notices they’re making money off of their characters, they’ll strike it because it wasn’t liscensed

google is free

[vocal moon]

c.ai was making money off the Disney characters (if you technically think about it, idk) considering it was community made, they weren’t licensed, and as you know, making money off things that aren’t licensed is a no no

[zinc birch]

Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter ordering CAI to stop allowing their characters or else

[naive delta]

Ooooooooh got it, thanks chat

[feral gulch]

just realized i cant listen to music while i use c.ai cuz an ad might pop up and ruin it

[frail stone]

bro the stupid “my leisure life” ad or whatever that mobile game is is way too long… wym im supposed to wait over a minute without a skip option for switching CHATS…

[blazing mist]

Use the website vro

[feral gulch]

bet

[zinc birch]

Maybe you can find some good music to watch ads to?

[vocal moon]

It’s tediously annoying, especially when an ad pauses completely when you try to play agin

[feral gulch]

i wish :/

[mild tangle]

Hearing you guys talking about ads make me remember that one line

"Want a break from the ads?"

[vocal moon]

“Tap on the screen to receive 30 minutes of ad free listening”

[blazing mist]

My parents have a family plan for Spotify so hahaha

[young glen]

I can't search up characters anymore us anyone else having that problem

[frail stone]

same 🥹 it’s gonna clutch so good once i go to college

[blazing mist]

Flip your flair upside down so it now becomes mlm

:3

[feral gulch]

naw mine is workin fine

[blazing mist]

Guys my English teacher has a Wikipedia page about her

[balmy fern]

dude this website keeps being rlly laggy

[vocal moon]

WHAT

[zinc birch]

I wonder if it's laggy for any plus users

[balmy fern]

I refuse to spend money on this

[balmy fern]

I shouldn't have to spend money for it to not lag out on me, that's just stupid.

[zinc birch]

That depends how low on money they are

[balmy fern]

well that's their fault not mine

[bronze needle]

Is she famous?

[severe terrace]

It’s a little laggy for me

[blazing mist]

No she’s also a politician and holds office too

[bronze needle]

Yea me too

[bronze needle]

Deadass?

[jolly token]

Shi imagine having ads 😂

[blazing mist]

Yeah she’s retiring from teaching soon. She held a local office for years but was recently elected to be a state official

[bronze needle]

Is she nice?

[blazing mist]

Ye I love her sm

[bronze needle]

W

[random crown]

you can mute the ads and they stay muted when they pop up again, apart from the revolut ad.. not sure why that one doesnt work lmao

[feral gulch]

ah okay

[main gorge]

Guys

@bronze needle can i ask you a question

[bronze needle]

Sure what's up

[main gorge]

When I went to the section where you can buy c.ai+, it said on the features "Chat styles (18+)", Does this mean c.ai+ will grant you more than 18 chat styles?

[bronze needle]

It means you can only obtain those features if you're 18+ and after you varify your age

[fickle shale]

Did they slow down on the in chat ads or something

[pallid grove]

Yo does anyone else hate the new astrick button?

[severe terrace]

They still have flit3rs/bob.

[main gorge]

😭😭

[main gorge]

Thanks

[bronze needle]

You're welcome 💚

[fickle laurel]

Sorry if I sent any bad messages I got hacked

[broken sigil]

Anyone wanna tell me why my damn personas ain’t workin hahaha

[frail smelt]

Guys I need some help so I love horror thrillers and stuff especially psychological stuff or however u guys say it and when I try to make the roleplay into a horror thriller the chat goes “sorry I can’t request that” and it never does that to me tbh I’ve been wanting to do it and romance is just kinda boring and idk ever since I deleted my old acc and everything then got it back it hasn’t been as it used to be I kinda miss it

[hot ridge]

i'd stop using pipsqueak or just keep swiping, i think pipsqueak and deepsqueak are the only chat styles that do that

[frail smelt]

Yeah but in my old acc the pipsquack style went along with it idk what happened tbh

[hot ridge]

nothing happened. just keep swiping

[frail smelt]

And i really want the paragraph to be long tbh

[frail smelt]

Alr thanks ^^

[hot ridge]

that message is something the bot makes up, it's not an actual filter

i was suggesting another chat style if you didn't want to see it anymore, but if you want pipsqueak specifically then swiping is the way to fix it

[frail smelt]

Yeah ik thanks

[static zephyr]

Is server down? Cai not loading.

[upbeat orchid]

I got a question is using a vpn to bypass the id verification against c.ai terms of service just a genuine question

[late pivot]

That's a good question

[hollow rapids]

is it just me or whenever yall pull down the keyboards after sending a message does the screen glitch for a second? also happens when you open the keyboard again

[ionic bane]

someone make a toon linkkk for meeeee

[hot ridge]

nah, they can't do anything about VPN usage

[uncut sphinx]

Honestly why can’t c.ai add an option to delete chats?

[hot ridge]

c.ai's ToS says third party tools are allowed, but that they're not responsible for anything happening because of the tools

that's all

so go ham

[uncut sphinx]

Because you can’t make any more chats if you hit the limit

[hot ridge]

you should be able to archive chats and make more, no?

[uncut sphinx]

Even if you archive them you can still hit a limit on chats than you cant make anymore

[brisk siren]

Web users is it not loading for you??

[dusty flower]

yep

its been slow lately, patience is key ig

[brisk siren]

It’s working now

[stone lily]

Are they actually gonna fix the mid chat ads or no

[jolly yarrow]

its me too...

[marble flint]

asking myself the same

[random crown]

i dont believe so, i think they are here to stay now. they fixed them popping up mid message and now they only appear after you send a message, other than that, they are most likely staying

[sly geyser]

thats still dogshit

[strange inlet]

ds stop cutting off i'm

[random crown]

what do you mean?

[strange sentinel]

I just noticed that- But I guess that’s better than nothing.

[sly geyser]

ads in the chat regardless of when it happens is dogshit

[random crown]

yeah, but at least its not mid message anymore lmao

[full elk]

Wymmmm 👀

Oh nvm 😭

[full elk]

Side note, I love your pfp 😭 rdr is my comfort game. Playing online is so toxic tho lmfao

[obsidian iron]

Anyone else trying to make a persona and it’s saying EVERY picture is not safe?? 😭😭

[gleaming latch]

I can’t create a character. It keeps saying that something went wrong.

[pliant nebula]

it’s a censor bug if it’s not anything suspicious. try to blur, crop or change the ppf

[full elk]

I can’t even swipe on responses without it freezing up. I have to close the app and reopen it :/

[cyan kiln]

Is anyone doing Face ID after the whole persona drama?

[solar bluff]

Is personal information getting leaked after doing age verification?

[gleaming latch]

There is a Face ID? I never got anything like that

[solar bluff]

???

[hot ridge]

shockingly i actually trust Persona more than the "drama" surrounding it

[neon plume]

What drama

[hot ridge]

there was some basic data breach that got no user info at all and people think it means the company is untrustworthy

[neon plume]

well, i guess it’s fair some people are weary

honestly tho I still wonder what would be so compromising with your face

[full elk]

Me either, unless I forgot lol

[hot ridge]

but they still use Google which has had way more security breaches and password compromises

that's the thing lol, Google was waaaayyy worse

[neon plume]

Everything we use is worse lmao

Atp everyone had their info leaked

It’s literally not possible to not have something about you leaked somewhere

Especially when you have accounts on multiple things everywhere

[solar bluff]

Is personal information getting leaked after age verification??!

[rare elbow]

Somebody left it there, go look for it #🗨️︱general2 message

[neon plume]

No

Not normally

What is supposed to happen is that they do the age verification then delete the photo

[vestal glen]

guys, I don't have the age/id verification, does that mean I'm above 18 or whattt

[solar bluff]

Ok. I got a screenshot on a different server saying they are… I just don’t know. I’m getting more scared every day

[fossil crow]

Either that, or you haven't been flagged yet

[hexed falcon]

are you guys still talking about theleak?

[outer notch]

guys, how to find the hide characters?

[vestal glen]

i haven't been flagged for like 2 months

[hexed falcon]

the leak where it was proven no actual info was leaked?

[fossil crow]

Honestly, I'd say it's best to be careful what you believe. There's a lot of people fearmongering or spreading misinformation, including here, so always good to fact-check (there's at least a couple ppl i know who are really good at getting detailed info tho)

[neon plume]

If you don’t trust it right now, just don’t do it

If you’re not flagged there’s no issue

I understand why some people don’t trust it

[solar bluff]

I just want to get the facts right

[vocal turtle]

It's just me or the app does have ads everywhere now

[polar fern]

agreed

[vocal turtle]

I got ads even on the top

Of sometimes when I send a message

[neon plume]

I have not known about this since i’m in the eu so I don’t have to deal with age verification but everyone here seems to say no data was leaked

Or at least no proof of any leaked data

Honestly they should have went the old fashioned way for age verification and let you verify your age by putting a payment method, not the best option but at least you wouldn’t have to share your face ig

[solar bluff]

Well I’m not 18, but I want to chat again, but I’m scared of my information getting stolen or something

[hot ridge]

they delete your information afterwards

[dreamy quarry]

I agree with this

[solar bluff]

That what I was told. Just nervous about this whole situation tbh

[fossil crow]

it's stored for at MOST a week by persona, then they it yeet into the void of deleted things and it's never seen again

[dreamy quarry]

What are you scared of exactly?

[solar bluff]

My info getting stolen or leaked

[neon plume]

It’s just your face honestly

[solar bluff]

When I turn 28

[solar bluff]

18 my bad

[neon plume]

I mean, it’s just a face, you never can track someone just with their face if you don’t have access to gov databases

Or find other tracks

[solar bluff]

Ok

[autumn zodiac]

Why can’t I edit the messages the bots, and even I send? Seems a bit weird why that’s just left the menu.

[dreamy quarry]

They’re not asking for your social security card

Its a picture of your what? State ID or driver’s license?

And a picture of yourself

[solar bluff]

I know, but a lot of information can be on that kind of thing like address

[neon plume]

I thought it was just a face picture

[dreamy quarry]

If it’s just a face picture then it’s even less intrusive

[strange inlet]

face and then id if that doesn't work

anyways guys i remembered i have free will and now im gonna add fantasy to my roleplay

[dreamy quarry]

Aren’t you living large

[strange inlet]

idk what youre talking about

[dreamy quarry]

LMFAO

[dreamy quarry]

I have to take a picture of my drivers license to send to every new job I get via email. I promise you no one is keeping that information and looking for you specifically

[solar bluff]

Ok

[crisp jungle]

Why on earth did my C.Ai get so slow all of a sudden.

[gleaming latch]

Can someone tell me why character creation doesn’t work? There are no brutal words involved

It keeps saying that something went wrong and I should try again

[magic plaza]

JESIAH

[bleak venture]

C.ai is weird, give it a few days before trying again but also send a support ticket

[raw lark]

I just realized- since the ads were implemented, I haven’t been in the app in DAYS. How is everyone dealing with it? Did others also give up lmao

[dense moss]

Am I crazy or does it lag after you reach a certain amount of words

[chrome lantern]

I tried to make a bot the other day ready to add millions of details about the characters backstory, why did they change the format it's so basic and dumbed down I can't make overly detailed bots anymore

[raw lark]

That’s happened for me too

[reef temple]

https://character.ai/chat/TUMooVNEHl5zENgT47eLZ70BJswK6nJB5T1Nfy58qKI?af_dp=character%3A%2F%2F&source_caller=sdk&pid=af_app_invites&caller=ShareContent&shortlink=rmfo7jsj&af_referrer_customer_id=902206211&af_channel=app&brandDomain=character.ai&af_siteid=1671705818&c=character-chat-invite&af_referrer_uid=1770310318841-8997730

[dense moss]

Is it a known glitcg

[raw lark]

I’m not sure. Wouldn’t hurt to report it?

[dense moss]

How

[coral obsidian]

Good morning everyone

[crystal latch]

they added so many ads I think it crashed thrice in a day💔

[mellow pewter]

I would rather chat with god.

[near creek]

Helloo

[mellow pewter]

theres like nobody active here

[strange sentinel]

Sup.

[mellow pewter]

hi?

[sage falcon]

yo

[mellow pewter]

now its feels more lively even with 3 people here

[carmine turtle]

Bro 18+ now? After the hundres of hours I've been with yall💔

[mellow pewter]

well this channel is mostly dead

[carmine turtle]

The server is dead now

And for a decent reason tbh 🤷‍♂️ Not trying to be rude ngl

But making it free for everybody but now only 18+ Is wild

[mellow pewter]

yeah

[carmine turtle]

When the hell did this roll out?

[rancid oriole]

wtfff i just saw this

[rancid oriole]

today like a few mins ago

[carmine turtle]

Oh guh nah

I was supportive as hell for this app, Now I'm deleting it probably

[rancid oriole]

yeah, might have to move to chai atp, imo c.ai was aways better but now i might have to move to chai atp

[sick nexus]

why are there ads 💔💔

[carmine turtle]

Is chai good?

[rancid oriole]

been there for a while now

[sick nexus]

i just got them yesterday

[rancid oriole]

its just really… uhhh suggestive i think

[carmine turtle]

HAH, I've been using yhr browser so no ada

[carmine turtle]

Oh that's fine lol, As long as I can have 13 diffrent bots I never use open in my browser I'm good

[eternal mesa]

Do we really only get 50 generation credits a day?

I'm C.AI+ subscriber, seems kinda lame

[rancid oriole]

ive been using a VPN to bypass

[carmine turtle]

Ohh Noce

[rancid oriole]

but this sucks man

c.ai was so amazing, ive been there since the beginning

[sick nexus]

atp ill switch to browser aswell man what the hell i cant chat in peace like that

[rancid oriole]

used it once then came back in early 2023

[carmine turtle]

I first joined back in like 2022? When I first started middle school 💔

[eternal mesa]

Wait why are we doomposting? What'd I miss

[carmine turtle]

I've never used the app if im.being honest,

[eternal mesa]

Fellow desktop master race enjoyer

[carmine turtle]

18+ now, So we can't even use it, Unless I get a Mclovens card

[eternal mesa]

Use what?

[carmine turtle]

Lmao Yeah, on my laptop I used to have 4 tabs, but my phone had like 15

[carmine turtle]

Look it up, its a fake ID that everybody has lol

[rancid oriole]

same here

[carmine turtle]

Nice, I remember talking to Kirby and stuff

[eternal mesa]

No I'm not asking about the ID. Are you saying C.AI is going 18+ only? Because I doubt that'll ever happen

[rancid oriole]

no, under 18 will be limited and 18+ will have no limits

[eternal mesa]

Seems fair to me.

[carmine turtle]

You can't chat if your under 18 now

[rancid oriole]

as in time limits

[carmine turtle]

Wait what

[rancid oriole]

yeah

[carmine turtle]

It just wouldn't let me chat what so ever😭

[rancid oriole]

under 18 only have time limits, filters dont change iirc

so stupid man

[carmine turtle]

Ohh,

[carmine turtle]

Yes still, I just downloaded chai 💔

[rancid oriole]

its the next best thing

i just dont like how flirty it is

[near creek]

I would like you to chat carefully.

[carmine turtle]

Wdym?

[near creek]

Coz that app is kinda......

[carmine turtle]

Oh, Thats wild, But i guess it's okay to me ig

[rancid oriole]

i think c.ai is still the best because its balanced

[carmine turtle]

Real, But the new feature is pointless

Ima go to bed tho, Goodnight chat

[rancid oriole]

but chai is VERY flirty very very nasty and i dont like it

I dont like poly because of the nasty ads they gave me

[raw lark]

I mean I can’t even use it anymore lol it ruins the vibe every time an ad pops up

[rancid oriole]

cya

[granite leaf]

hei

[raw lark]

Hi

[carmine turtle]

Its like 136 bycks per year, Jesus, who can afford that, Wait. Im just broke, But I don't like chai without ads tho

[crystal latch]

REAL they’re always rlly long too

[uncut panther]

Not even group chats are safe from the ads anymore 😭

[raw lark]

YES exactly, I’ve gone cold turkey, and I’m not coming back unless they fix it

[raw lark]

No yeah, I’ve run to other apps. They aren’t as intuitive or nice to look at but they don’t have ads so

[crystal latch]

Yeaa I may quit too atp im tweaking

[raw lark]

Have you tried Jan itor?

[crystal latch]

I might ya

[winter marsh]

any other app recommendations?

[raw lark]

I’ve been using it, it’s not the smoothest experience but it’s ad free and the characters are a lil more in character. Sometimes.

[raw lark]

That’s the only one I’ve heard of so far

[crystal latch]

alorhfty ^^

[bright horizon]

Not allowed to recommend other alternatives

[bright horizon]

You dont wanna get timed out twin🤫

[raw lark]

Oh oops

[winter marsh]

[unkempt nacelle]

they dont let u recommend apps?

[uncut panther]

Yeah, you get timed out apparently

[unkempt nacelle]

maybe we wouldnt be recommending apps if this one was better...

[bright horizon]

Yeah it's a rule..you can't recommend other alternatives.

[raw lark]

Apparently not. Feels a little odd but I see why. I mean they prolly don’t want you going to competitors you heard from on their own server

[winter marsh]

I still like using Character.AI, but the ads totally ruin the vibe.

[uncut panther]

The site doesn’t feel as good as the app for me, idk why

[unkempt nacelle]

its far behind

[winter marsh]

yeah

[unkempt nacelle]

but i dont get ads at least

[raw lark]

I’ve been timed out for that word in the past, careful 🫠

The site isn’t as pretty and the app ruins its own mood.. it’s annoying at this point

[wet quiver]

I just swung on here because me attempting to change my nickname is currently taking me five minutes and some more (goddang what happened to the website)

[wet quiver]

? what happened? It felt like ever since the ads arrived (which I found out on one beautiful 3am journey) the site has just been slower + laggier

[uncut panther]

Yeah…you’re right. I should just follow the rules

[raw lark]

Ads seem to be the loading priority with apps. At least I’ve noticed that as a starting dev myself, a lot of times the whole app lags and ads are fine. Or they overwhelm the whole app.

[raw lark]

RIP 😭

Also 3 am is the most tragic time to find the ads 😭 the day I found them I just ragequit and played on my steam deck cause nah

[wet quiver]

ohh I see, that would most certainly explain some things (I myself have engaged in similiar experiences purely out of interest), though I would've generally assumed the priorities would be keeping the website running (at least the same as before) instead of $$ from the ads?

[raw lark]

You’d think… but I’ve noticed this with many apps. I wonder if maybe it’s in the deal with the ad company to prioritize ad loading?

There’s a lot of corporate bs behind the scenes

[wet quiver]

Who knows

[raw lark]

I’m so close to just making an app for myself lmao

[wet quiver]

Also true + 3am ads aren't even the worst, it's the refreshing brower because the site froze up + having to sit through that 2~3 more times

[wet quiver]

Good luck with that, I just use a certain blue whale icon Ai for things atm, there's a length limit though, so sad

[raw lark]

Nahhh that would drive me mad. I use the app to unwind and rp a little, just live a little story but like I can’t do that with WHATNOT ADS and PRIME SHIPPING ADS 🥲

[raw lark]

Ohhh I see

I have GPT plus for school but it’s kinda crap for anything else

[wet quiver]

Fair enough, gl with the creating-a-new-app plan should you ever arrive to that step once more ()

[raw lark]

I found an old computer to set up a server so… maybe

[charred coral]

I genuinely have been a user for years and now i am genuinely witnessing the downfall of AI sites.

[sly geyser]

i feel like ai has gotten stupider over time

[flint mist]

Did you just die for 2 days and came back

[raw lark]

Apparently I have

[ornate pewter]

Someone help before i go insande the mid chat ads are popping up when im typing.

[raw lark]

Yeah… welcome to the club 😭 it’s so annoying man

[ornate pewter]

they said if its popping up when youre typing or bot typing we should report it.

[raw lark]

Yeah, we should. They’ll fix it at some point I hope

[ornate pewter]

I cannot take this.

[raw lark]

Me too I been off the app for two days

[ornate pewter]

im gonna report it.

[flint mist]

I the power of c.ai+ compels you

[raw lark]

I could buy it but also I don’t wanna lol the free version was fine and I don’t wanna reward them w money for messing it up

Though it looks more enticing every day I see the app on my home screen and ignore it

[flint mist]

I could buy it too but I'm broke

[flint mist]

Don't let it take over i believe in you

[raw lark]

I been using the other app

[flint mist]

The goat?

[raw lark]

It’s ugly but it’s something yk

I’m pretty sure. Dog with a bucket and a mop?

[flint mist]

Goat

[raw lark]

Single handedly saving me from replacing wind down time with hours of gaming

[flint mist]

Peak

[terse ember]

how do i make a character

[raw lark]

Agreed

[flint mist]

Click on the plus icon in the middle then it'll show you create a character

[flint mist]

Peak pfp btw

[crystal island]

Why did they remove group chats like invite other people

[hot ridge]

probably because the lawsuits over minor safety and the inability to moderate adults and minors in group chats together

[raw lark]

I just got the most ungodly ungodly craving for a burger 😭

[crystal island]

Its so sad to see a good feature go

[odd crag]

I still miss chat rooms, group chats aren't the same

I don't want to have to tap a button each time to make them talk

[nimble folio]

Ouuhh is there any way to fix or alter my recommendations

i only really talk to dandys world bots and one day i log in and it's all CoD shit on my recommended

[rich garden]

Oh also quick question for character shares how uh... how do we do that bc I uh... I wanna share some of my bots with y'all (asked in the wrong channel earlier mb)

[trim hawk]

What happened to all the Xmen bots bruh?

[nimble folio]

click on character's name in a chat
there should be a button that looks like an ⬆️ in a box
click that, then the ➡️ on the bottom right
it should give you a link to copy

[hollow hull]

Good grief does a gender of a persona REALLY affect a Bot’s responses.

[old wyvern]

aren't they part of disney? if so, they got moderated

[trim hawk]

I didnt know this
Thanks for the info ill be mourning the loss

[old wyvern]

R.I.P🥀

[empty ibex]

If anyone want no ads then dm me

[odd crag]

shhhhhh

[fossil crow]

why do you keep sending this?

[empty ibex]

To help people who don’t like the ads 😭

Plus not everyone check ever chat thing

[fossil crow]

if they want the ads gone, I'm sure they're capable of searching on their own. Besides, there's a pretty good chance ppl are just gonna think you're a scammer or something else.

[rich garden]

Thanks! I meant in this server tho in the #1139065685935394876 channel

[empty ibex]

Ok

[nimble folio]

I'd assume it's the Character Creator role, not sure how to get it though gulp

[rich garden]

Ohhh I see

Thanks tho

[old wyvern]

gotta get the character creator role in https://discord.com/channels/1017072750386483332/1139429478855082064

[fossil crow]

try going through #👥︱self-roles , and make sure ur discord account is linked to ur c.ai one

[rich garden]

Ah alr thanks y'all

[fossil crow]

yuppers! wish ya luck

[rich garden]

Thank u!

I think it's already linked

[zenith surge]

guys, if i make an oc and send it in chat instead of using the persona (my oc is too long), how long into the chat until i need to paste it again so the bot remembers?

[verbal rivet]

Cai should add drafts when you are creating characters because imagine creating your story but you walked away for a minute to do something else (because of your parents asking you to do something for them) and you just coming back to finish your greeting and cai decided to restart itself and you lost all of your perfect character greeting that you had worked on but you ended up having to restart everything again because cai decided to restart the app/website

[zenith surge]

okay, thanks

[rotund crag]

heyy, is anyone else's website not loading? the home page shows up, but it doesnt load properly and does let me interact even after a few minutes of waiting. this doesnt happen with any other site so i dont think its a problem form my end, but while its loadin (for minutes at a time) it ends up slowing all other processes

[tiny magnet]

Yeah, I was testing out a new bot. For my friend it crashed.

[old wyvern]

yeah, having the same issue. I just load from history browser of a certain bot

[near creek]

Mine is being slow and the bot is actually getting dumb.

[hollow dagger]

I think they're doing that on purpose so we buy c.ai+

[near creek]

That's the thing, some say that the C.ai+ is sometimes worth it, sometimes don't.

[odd crag]

I still don't see enough value in it, despite the issues.

the memory has never been a problem for me and the free models are good enough.

[zenith surge]

i wanna buy it just for the memory, idk, i just feel like the memory is sh*t with the way i use c.ai

and i use it for mha stuff, (hints the pfp)

[hollow dagger]

I want to buy it because of the ads

Sometimes, every character that i click on shows me an ad, and when the ad finishes, it kicks me out of the app making me go back and click on the character, and it'll show me ANOTHER ad

[wild tiger]

yo can someone help me with a seince group project?

[hollow dagger]

And like 90% of the ads i get have the fake X where i need to click on the ad, it'll redirect me to the play store, and I'll have to get back to c.ai again

[hollow dagger]

What is it about

[verbal rivet]

I did chatted with a mha bots earlier

[wild tiger]

i have a part on the project

[wild tiger]

my part is about mars

[frigid basin]

OH WAIT

WRONG CHANNEL FUCJK
SORRY CHAT

[hollow dagger]

Lol

[astral coral]

Too late we already saw it

[frigid basin]

YOU DID NOT

[hollow dagger]

Go to wikipedia and search up mars, i know nothing about it except its orange

[mortal spindle]

it’s so annoying

[astral coral]

I hate when ads pop out in the mid of the conversation with the bot

[hollow dagger]

Thankfully i never had to deal with those

[rotund pivot]

I'm sorry but why is PIPSQUEAK constantly breaking the immersion during roleplays?

It keeps talking in () awfully lot for no reason at all, saying stuff like (Note:) or (blah blah blah context) I didn't have this problem before that meltdown with C.AI being down

[proper lance]

this is annoying

[orchid shard]

I'm in this chat and the bot said "Stastically you are going to lose" and I said "Stastically I have a gun and you don't"

[proper lance]

this is so so true

[orchid shard]

Jokes on them

I use the web version which web has a special add on that blocks ads completely for me

[hollow dagger]

LOL

[near prism]

Yo the ban wore off

[green void]

Is it me or is it that the app is unavailable RN?

[hollow dagger]

I dunno im not using it rn

[near prism]

Guys should I reinstall c.ai?

[green void]

Dunno your decision

[orchid shard]

👎

[near prism]

Crazy

[orchid shard]

Well it depends but currently not a wise decision.

[near prism]

Real. I made like 4 new accounts cause I kept getting flagged as a minor and I didnt want to give up my goverment ID

[mortal spindle]

why does the bot keep repeating itself i rerolled the response and it still repeated itself..😭

[near prism]

Im just going to wait for the devs to realise the age verification is stupid

[mortal spindle]

luckily i didn’t have to age verify

[mortal spindle]

3 times now i quit

[orchid shard]

My account got locked so I had to use my secret weapon

[green void]

Oven what is it

[rotund pivot]

Can someone confirm this happens with them too?

[near creek]

It didn't happen to me yet, but the bot is being repetitive. And the RP now is just dry and plain. Like I try to give it something, but the bot just goes back to it's dry replies. Like

[orchid shard]

I HATE HOW THE BOTS WON'T LET ME COMMIT MASS VIOLENCE

[young star]

I swear to god c.ai js goes downhill with every update

[near creek]

Ummmm

[deft jetty]

It happens sometimes and only worsens if you keep replying to replies that has them. Best thing to do is rewind to where it first started and swipe to an answer that doesn't have anything of that.

[safe tinsel]

omg im having login issues again 🥹 dows anyone know why this keeps happening? 😢

[near creek]

Miss c.ai from last year. Even though I'm a free user, if you prompt the bot well, you'll have an awesome story line. Now it's all just repetitive obsessed, possessive and 🎻 bots.

[hollow dagger]

Sometimes the bot just breaks out of character and says (this is too harsh) or (this story is wholesome) and it makes me not want to talk to them

[orchid shard]

yeah like one time it was like (LOL THAT WAS SO FUNNY) and I'm like your a bot you don't have feelings I don't think

[pearl cradle]

I thought the ads between chats was a glitch. Was I wrong because I’m still getting ads between chats.

[near creek]

Unfortunately. It's not just a glitch

[pearl cradle]

Ah so it’s going to continue being like this? Wonderful. You know this is actually great because it’s killing my addiction to the app and website.

[orchid shard]

Ad bloc

[proper lance]

same

[safe tinsel]

^ on app and web!

[rotund pivot]

...it is literally the beginning of the roleplay. And it is the pipsqueak model. No suggestions or tips to "fix it" have worked

[rotund pivot]

Oh nah they tell me I am not allowed to roleplay my own OC...

[hollow dagger]

Ok what, this is just the bot bullying you😭

[rotund pivot]

I did not have a problem until a day ago, this is frustrating me to not end and they ruined the bots with the outages smh

[hollow dagger]

Is it something with your persona? My friend had the problem that every bot was flirting with him because of his persona, no changes could fix it, he had to delete his persona so it would stop

[dreamy marsh]

Wouldn't it be better, instead of overusing so many filters, to simply ask the user if they consent to bots using other types of content?

[hollow dagger]

C.ai is literally doing everything to worsen the app, ads, making bots dumber so we buy c.ai+ literally everything

[rotund pivot]

No no, it keeps breaking the rp settings I set by going out of character, extensive nonsense which was nothing to do with the topic at hand, etc

[rotund pivot]

Yup! Literally this

[hollow dagger]

Do you break out of character? Because Bots try to copy your style, if not, im so sorry for you it might a be glitch😭

[rotund pivot]

Nooo I don't go out of character... the funny thing is I stay in character all the time 😭

[deft jetty]

Does the very greeting have them? If yes, you might need to manually edit and remove it

[dreamy marsh]

Because if their goal is to make the app family-friendly, they're involving everyone who uses it, and clearly there will be some discontent among those who prefer to use bots.

For other kinds of things, you know? And I think combining one sector with another is the worst thing you could possibly think of.

[rotund pivot]

I remove the bot replies to stop wasting space

99% of the time it worked splendidly, until after the massive outages a few days ago

[dreamy marsh]

Fr

[ivory wagon]

SITE IS DOWN FOR ME BOOOO

[rotund pivot]

HUH , lemme check for myself

[near creek]

It's just slow on my part.

[ivory wagon]

I been refreshing multiple times now and its still out

[dreamy marsh]

I'm surprised that this doesn't bother people more; I think I took it too seriously then. I haven't used the app since the filter became TERRIBLE.

[rotund pivot]

Not for me, if it is out for u then yeah... we will be out AGAIN

[ivory wagon]

lemme try the app, i been mostly on the site

btw im not the only one with the for you page acting weird right? i only talk to scaramouche and suddenly fyp is full of ppl idgaf about

[buoyant elm]

It confuses me so much whenever I enter a bot and instead of English it's my original language

[fallow fox]

Filter barely works anymore bro 😭

[ivory wagon]

ok the app still works thankfully but the site wont work for me

[hollow dagger]

My fyp is filled with dc and marvel characters yet i never talked to any of them

[harsh thunder]

Hi chattt

[hollow dagger]

Hey

[near creek]

Hello

[dreamy marsh]

To be honest, I don't know what's been happening to me in my C.AI account. I can't say for sure if it's the bots or the filter. But every bot I talk to is always sensitive and covers a lot of topics.

[fallow fox]

Could be age restrictions

[hollow dagger]

Really? For me I could say whatever i want and the filter just doesn't work

[dreamy marsh]

The truth is, it doesn't happen to me that often. Like I said, they tell me things that are totally out of context, you know? I mean, they're so out of context, but someone already mentioned that it's about age.

[loud portal]

is it me or are characters getting little too... typical lately? ive been noticing some gpt-5 like behaviors lately i dont know how to describe it

[dreamy marsh]

What we can't deny is that the app has declined in the sense that things that used to be free have now become paid, and it's truly sad to see how one of the best AI apps has become so expensive.

I've ended up doing things like this; I remember that in mid-2023 I always used to hear that this was the best thing. Etc.

[dreamy marsh]

It happens to me, it's very strange what happens

[loud portal]

oh okay so im not going crazy right ? good to know

[river sparrow]

HOLY ADS TOO MANY ADS I CAN'T EVEN CHAT WITHOUT ADS POPPING EVERY 2 MINUTES WTF

[plucky ember]

Bro ads mid chat are so off putting..

[river sparrow]

RIGHT???? AND THE WEBSITE IS LIKE LAGGING FOR ME I DON'T WANNA MOVE THERE

[rotund pivot]

Lagging? Dont have issues tbh, I use brave browser if they wanna add ads there

[light hemlock]

I love this app I can talk with my favorite fictional characters and do role-play, though I'm just a 'little' upset that they had to make it just for people who are 18 and order it should be at least for 11 and older, you know that it has a filter

[errant wedge]

guys question. does anyone else feel like it goes through stages of like the bots are really good and know the info then sometimes their super dumb and can’t hold the information your saying? make sense?

cause right now it’s impossible to have a good story going as the bots get things wrong so much

reading the chat some are in same boat…

[brave lily]

As much as I dislike the mid chat ads, I’d prefer them over c.ai paywalling the site. Then again, the mid chat ads could have been implemented a hell of a lot better imo. To me at least, they could’ve been banner ads instead of the current ones. I get that banner ads are ugly to look at but at least they don’t disrupt the flow of the chat.

[river sparrow]

It is for me, yes i can scroll just fine but clicking anything takes like 20 second or more for it to even load💔

[odd crag]

banner ads probably don't pay as much since they're easily hidden. just cover it with another window or drag it above the edge of the screen

[brave lily]

Damn. Well, at least you helped me understand that banners don’t make as much, thank you.

[carmine turtle]

Chai was good icl

[lime horizon]

Chai was an evil.place

[random crown]

thank you! i love rdr too so much 😭

[glacial leaf]

oh hell no chai sucks

[brave lily]

Key word: was

[carmine turtle]

It's better then c.ai rn bc i cznt chat with anything

[carmine turtle]

Idrm it

[glacial leaf]

polybuzz > c.ai > chai

back in the day it was
c.ai > chai > polybuzz

but c.ai fell off and idk what happened but polybuzz is currently very very good, back then it was awful

[brave lily]

Isn’t poly filtered as well?

[hardy forge]

Is polybuzz really that good gng

[glacial leaf]

it was absolutely trash back then but currently it's better then c.ai imo

[hardy forge]

Dang maybe I’ll check it out

[rotund pivot]

about polybuzz, is it roughly comparable to C.Ain in terms of roleplaying (not with specific characters, but creating a specific thematic roleplay with multiple characters)?

like, i don't want to rp with one char in a chat (if u know what i mean)

[glacial leaf]

most if not all characters have better memory and better replies than c.ai ones

[glacial leaf]

ohh I get it I get it, yes it's better than c.ai in every aspect

[rotund pivot]

cus i do roleplaying in a specific theme and about a game, so...

[rotund pivot]

AMAZING, i'll give it a try! Thanks for recommending it ❤️

[glacial leaf]

yw

[glacial leaf]

also the best one of em all is chatgpt, u can ask it to roleplay and give it the settings and ur character info and those stuff or wtv u wanna do and it'll work, it's better than any other rp ai service in every way, INSANE memory, best replies in the world of rp services, and just better

[rotund pivot]

dude this UI is a bit complicated but I am already having a good time. This thing will ACTUALLY follow my persona 😭

AMAZING, the only thin i will complain about is the limited characters during a reply

[pseudo monolith]

mariah carey

[novel lynx]

Is it down or is my Internet just ass rn

[signal rapids]

@dire frost no they definitely do since c.ai likes replacing pang with twinge for me and ive had instances of pipsqueak using twinge in place of pang

[rotund pivot]

it ain't down (on the web at least)

[signal rapids]

Pang is also the only word i have muted

[cunning summit]

When the site or the app is down they warn us trough status

[rotund pivot]

mine literally used pang when i banned pang 🥀 (he bypasses bans tf)

[signal rapids]

Its only happened to me once #📱︱chat-feed

[novel lynx]

It's straight not loading for me for some reason (everything else is loading fine) 💔

[cunning summit]

Maybe is your internet

[signal rapids]

On mobile app its working fine

[cunning summit]

Same

[novel lynx]

Why would everything else be loading perfectly fine then?/gen

[cunning summit]

if it's the slow mode they should have warned you with a pop up in the chats

[novel lynx]

No it's the Website as a whole
It just stopped wanting to load for me

[cunning summit]

Sometimes it happens when the server has a lot of people who use it

[novel lynx]

I mean I got to get ready for class anyways so ig I'll just leave it alone and check back later

[cunning summit]

Yeah, good choice

Don't worry, it happens to everyone

[novel lynx]

Yeah, I don't think this is the first time lol

[cunning summit]

Do you mean when you send a relpy to the bot and it blocks on loading?

[dire frost]

no, muted words don't work with PS/DS

[cunning summit]

It's not rare when the app or the site doesn't work well

[novel lynx]

I mean the whole website itself 😔
When I press anything it does the weird loading thing (the bar at the top just never loads; I use chrome) idk about chatting I was trying to change bots

[cunning summit]

Have you tried to reset the site?

[novel lynx]

Oh it just
Started working again

[cunning summit]

Good

Don't panic when things like this happens, that's normal

I'm quite experienced

[novel lynx]

Yeah I wasn't really panicking (no idea if that's how it came off or not), mostly just confused/slightly annoyed lol

[cunning summit]

I'm using c ai since 2023/24

[cunning summit]

Yeaaah its lowkey annoying

Especially when you need to roleplay

[novel lynx]

Yeah :/

[cunning summit]

Sometimes they don't reply me so i close and reopen the app and the bot reply pops up

That's common, same when they cut out a whole answer

[fallen ruin]

Does c.ai shut ?

Is dont work for me anymore for 2 minute weird

[old wyvern]

mine's fine

[frozen pulsar]

Excuse me, am I the only one who has the problem that asks to verify the age, but when I verify it I go back to the app it tells me that it is not possible?

[loud geode]

is the edit button gone for anyone else or is that new because of the new update

[shy crystal]

You can’t edit on the most recent message from the bot

[hot ridge]

if your edit button disappeared you were flagged as a minor

[timber canopy]

You mean can. You can edit the last recent messages of yours or the bot

[loud geode]

aw. well thats annoying i use the edit button a lot since the bot sometimes gets things wrong

[limber cypress]

Is anyone else having problems with character messages getting cut off and not ending properly? I'm getting it even on messages that're only a few sentences long where the last several words are just nonexistent. It can't be the message getting flagged since I'm not doing anything that would flag it, and even then wouldn't there be the little warning message on it?

[lunar star]

How do I submit a ticket to bring back a character that was taken down, but isn't in violation of the recent cesse and desist?

It was an AvP bot, one that doesn't even correlate to Disney, and they keep taking it down

Actually there were two AvP bots in my likes that were taken down

They were brought back for less than a week then taken down as I was chatting to the one.

[old wyvern]

what's AvP?

[lunar star]

Aliens vs Predators

The two bots I want back are based off the movies

[old wyvern]

ohh, ok. but isn't that part of disney too?
-# sorry if i'm wrong

[lunar star]

Not really, they are only connected because of Hulu. Hulu isn't owned by Disney though.

[green cipher]

Guys I have a question, How do I fix my fyp?

I have been strictly using female and gl bots my life and for some reason my fyp is full of mlm or male bots

[lunar star]

Hulu is the only one that carries the AvP movies, and they're only on Disney because of the bundle.

[lunar star]

Check out the other tabs on the app, past the 'featured' and see if you can't find any bots on the 'anime' and 'creative'

I don't use the web often though, so idk how to help if you use the website

[old wyvern]

oh, well i search on the google and it said it is part of disney. idk tho

[green cipher]

Oh! Anime is still full of mlm and males... But creative is gla and girls, thank you

[lunar star]

You're welcome :]

[lunar star]

Hm, weird. I'm gonna guess the bots were taken down for something else then

[fringe geyser]

are there tactics people use to get a lot of interactions because just making good bots doesnt really seem to work on a fresh acc (because a lot of bots with bad grammar or spelling or are just really bad in general have loads of interactions)

[full elk]

Ahh we should totally play one day 😭

[old wyvern]

try VPN?

[spare holly]

I hate how i have a bunch of interactions on some of my bits but only three followers, and one is my literal alt and the other is my friend who doesn’t even go on it anymore, and i think i make decent bots too 😞

[fringe geyser]

bump

[spare holly]

Guys how to i mute words im confused

[neon plume]

You go in settings then muted words

There’s a limit tho for free users

[spare holly]

Alright ty!

[strange inlet]

theres a limit for plus too

[astral walrus]

why did they take away the option to delete the og message from bots

[neon plume]

Yeah but it’s like, way less than free users

If i remember correctly it’s only like 5 words for free users

[hollow dagger]

They didn't its called remove now

[sly geyser]

why is the site very slow

i know its not my wifi because everything else runs normally

[sly geyser]

yeah thats not even close to being enough

[strange inlet]

20 for plus isn't enough either imo i need to mute more words please

[sly geyser]

should be like the swipes. 30 for free users and 100 for plus users

[neon plume]

They barely work half the tine

[brave lily]

They could’ve at least gave us 10 words for free users.

[sly geyser]

because it takes 4 to mute all the workarounds to “damn” and “dammit”

[strange inlet]

Ds mutes the first few words and then ignores the rest

[neon plume]

That’s true, 5 is ridiculous

C’mon it’s muted words

[strange inlet]

I had to mute all variants of a verb once

[sly geyser]

piss squeak doesnt even listen to the muted words they actually say it more often than ever before

[strange inlet]

Nobody will bite, bit, bitten, biting, bites

[sly geyser]

i muted all variations of damn and they still say it

[strange inlet]

i had to mute jealousy AND jealously

[sly geyser]

i hate when they try to find workarounds to the muted words. its muted for a reason stop saying em

[neon plume]

I muted idiot, crazy, shut and sap and they still say it half the times

[strange inlet]

like it gets to a point

[pliant niche]

Anyone else's "For You" changed in C.AI?

[rustic mist]

I just opened c.ai. AGE VERIFY? idk about yall. but there using PERSONA? to verify. which got a massive data breach?? and was selling INFO? TO. the government? so idk about yall. but I am not stupid enough. to verify. (also someone explain what this BS update is. of age verify? the point of it. being what?)

[neon plume]

Legislation

[severe hatch]

why so many periods

[neon plume]

They can’t do any other way

[sly geyser]

thank california for that shit

[strange inlet]

Oh boy

[sly geyser]

anyway

[fierce geyser]

Does anyone know a good way for me to find a character I accidentally hid? it’s too popular for me to just look it up and I don’t remember any key details about it 😭🙏

[rustic mist]

well. ima just go find a new site then- cuz I am NOT. giving them my info. THANK U.

[severe hatch]

Okay then bye

[strange inlet]

Okay bye lol

[sly geyser]

ok bye

[neon plume]

Farewell ig

[strange inlet]

Have you tried caibotlist?

[brave lily]

Guys, he’s gonna leave, oh no!!! 😱 /s

[strange inlet]

Ohh nooo

[fierce geyser]

I have but idk how to use it

[rich wing]

? Also I hate when the app just stops working when I’m talking to a character like I go back to the list I have but when I go back to that specific chat it doesn’t load and when sending messages the send button doesn’t work

[strange inlet]

If you search the name or something you remember you might find it

[fierce geyser]

ok ty

[sly geyser]

did someone spill something on the servers or something? its been slow for the past few days

[strange inlet]

Might be cloudflare

Who knows with them these days

[brave lily]

Cloudflare can be ass for a good chunk of the time.

Once Cloudflare goes down, it takes down a lot of things down with it.

[honest crater]

Also, opening the app again after closing won't help, for whoever that told me

It happens to me each time I try idk why

[rich wing]

Same with AWS

[honest crater]

jealousy jealousy

[strange inlet]

I'm pretty sure jealously isnt even a word, they just want to bypass my muted word

[sly geyser]

i hate when bots are teasing the users all the time its annoying

[sly geyser]

its not a word they’re just being an ass and bypassing the word

[strange inlet]

i hate when they do it and theyre a bot whose personality would never do that

[sly geyser]

like i’d be in a serious moment and the bot would tease me and call me princess or something and always nudge my shoulder

[strange inlet]

[rotund pivot]

why tf is pipsqueak speaking like dynamic roleplay model???? It always breaks the immersion in the roleplay and constantly gets out of character, speaks outside the roleplay SO much

[blazing raft]

any updates on the moderated chats yet?

and should we verify our age to see if we are 18+?

[burnt cloud]

I’m getting very mad at the ads now, when I leave the app to do something really quick (say like I close the app and put my phone down to go eat) when I come back the ad will no play and it annoyed me

[main mulch]

i use the chrome and there's no ads at all

or maybe bcs i put adsblocker on my dns

[green schooner]

Hi, is the c.ai still down for yall or just me?

[hoary sand]

yep👍

[hoary sand]

for me it's normal

[green schooner]

Dayum

So it's just me then?

[tough viper]

bro it’s down agai

[blazing raft]

what about the moderate chats because we still can’t access them or search ones that we chatted with and i always chatted with the bots from my favorite math solving show odd squad

[paper prism]

Guys, has anyone also have troubles with characters? Like setting characters for a chat? It appears like I don’t have any

[clever bear]

The chats will be ad-free they said... why did they lie?

[forest wave]

they lied on our face about no mid chat ads bro 🫩

[wide estuary]

I wish I could gift people premium. The ads are annoying

[clever bear]

at this point c.ai becomes worse and worse each freakin day, i miss laughable broken bots and old style

[wide estuary]

Fr

[hoary sand]

maybe this a bug

[timber canopy]

I relate

[hoary sand]

bug......¿

[plucky oxide]

Hi guys so im tryna make a charles xavier character on cai (private) and Ive only put in the pfp (nothing else) and several images wont work?

[clever bear]

they literally made a donate function for charms which are really useless cuz sessions in c.ai can be way longer than a hour

[halcyon hill]

Dude I Js opened my character ai for the first time today and I already need to take a break

[clever bear]

greed really kills good projects

[zinc birch]

google prepaid cards

[errant crown]

Question before I waste my time making private characters. If you want to make a Disney/marvel character and keep it private. Will it still get taken down?

[zinc birch]

Yes. CAI has received a cease-and-desist letter from Disney. They aren't waiting to receive a DMCA for each character

[halcyon hill]

A 6 HOUR FRICKING BREAK

[errant crown]

Ahh, so even privating them won't work. Thanks for answering my stupid question.

[magic plaza]

hey guys

[errant crown]

Hello. Hope you have a great day

[craggy spoke]

Im Not Using C.ai For Months,Did I Succeed?

[zinc birch]

You can make parodies or inspired characters though. I made a parody of Swamp Thing that you can even see on https://labs.character.ai/streams

[errant crown]

Ooo. Don't mind if I do.

[harsh shoal]

[brittle quest]

Hello Kappa~

[random crown]

what do you play on?

[potent shore]

First Kingshot and now MacaronAI.. competing on who wins the most annoying ad.

[full elk]

Ps5, you?

[arctic raven]

Hello again Kapa! Sorry for disturbing but can I ask you something again, regarding my 4 moderated characters that are from Disney. I'm curious if they can get everything scrapped so I can make another 4 new bots instead?

[blazing raft]

we need to send them a ticket because i miss chatting to the bots including all of the odd squad ones and the other ones as well

[harsh shoal]

Have you tried sending in a ticket and seeing what the support says?

[dense moth]

hi

my cai is stuck on the starting page

ok nvm

[trim socket]

made me watch an entire ad just for 'reading mode' 🫩

[balmy fern]

Big oof

[frank relic]

Anyone got issues with marvel related bots? Won’t let me search them up

[pseudo girder]

Is there an archived chats section, or do I have to search for the bots one by one and view the archived chats? I don't want to log in and waste time

[sly geyser]

these bots are so unfunny they make me want to merge without looking
(reference to the family guy hummer driver cutaway)

[sly geyser]

copyright

[frank relic]

Oh

[zinc birch]

@icy current google your question

[median tartan]

Character ai is getting dumber release me from this torment!!!!!! I am tired of the nonesense chats!!! Like bro low-key pmo, the more ads we have the stupider it gets

[random crown]

ah crap, pc lmao

[pseudo girder]

[blazing raft]

Awesome reference

[brave lily]

C.ai should have no ads and make everything free and no c.ai+!!! /s

||C.ai would shut down in a heartbeat if it were to do that now tbh.||

[balmy fern]

Well maybe they shouldn’t lie to us.

[errant crown]

They shouldn't have lied to us about the Mid-ad thing. Anyway, after a while I calmed down. Use another chatting app, collecting charms over the day. So I just don't care anymore.

[brave lily]

That’s all you can do really. C.ai is a company that needs money to operate somehow. Sucks midchat ads were added but it’s better than it being paywalled imo.

[errant crown]

True.

[balmy fern]

I mean I’d rather they would just be honest and say “hey we’re broke” than go back on a promise without telling us about it

[gloomy pine]

ngl i'm not very fond of the age verification thing now. like let me speak to the bot instead of being stuck in reading mode.

[ocean rover]

Anyone been talking to a bot and they use the word "damn" every 4 words? I've tried using () to tell it to stop but it won't work

[jolly yarrow]

is it just me or is cai not letting me switch personas?

[errant crown]

Not really. Most of the time, the way the bot act and talk is because of how the creator created them.

[ocean rover]

Oof

[errant crown]

Which is why I make my own bots now

[brave lily]

I admit, they suck with communication,

[humble iris]

real and true

[eager nacelle]

They've been saying they're broke in a roundabout way

When they mention running an ai chat website costs a lot of resources

[zinc birch]

In 2022 or 2023 or whenever, the industry was optimistic that they could discover how to make LLMs much more efficient. They have, but not enough. At the time, CAI even had their sights set on AGI, a goal which they have since dropped

[zinc birch]

Try adding it to the list of muted words in settings. You may also need to rewind to before it started

[brave lily]

A lot of free ai sites tend to fail mainly due to the financial aspect of running ai services. As much as I hate ads, it is what it is. Could they have said something? Possibly, but I feel like it could’ve been done better.

[balmy fern]

I think people would have taken it better if they had just been upfront and honest about needing to run more ads to keep the site going.

[solemn crater]

right, is the update ever gonna get removed..

[eager nacelle]

Unless they magically get another hundreds of millions of dollars, no

[solemn crater]

breh

[brave lily]

As much as I dislike the new ads, I do appreciate that c.ai is still free for the most part.

[solemn crater]

and now i gotta find alternatives for c.ai.

[eager nacelle]

Nothing's stopping you

Quality is subjective in the end, and I find that only local LLM outperform c.ai

The rest are a step or two below, and you'll yearn for the mines that is c.ai again

Well, by the rest, I mean the dozens of "ai girlfriend/companion" chatbots out there. ChatGPT/Gemini honestly has better RP potential if you can set it up right.

[solemn crater]

i dont rlly want ai girlfriend shit i just want game characters or somethin

[eager nacelle]

But, I'm lazy as fuck, and I'd rather talk to something other people made than to set-up my own bot to talk the way I like to.

[solemn crater]

like peppino from pizza tower

[brave lily]

Imo, I feel like c.ai does that best. Then again, I am biased for C.ai compared to other sites like it, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

[solemn crater]

but i cant use c.ai bc of the updateeee

and i also remember i could just randomly chat on c.ai for like 2 days then went back to reading mode

[harsh shoal]

You might have been flagged as under 18

[solemn crater]

c.ai hates me istg-

[eager nacelle]

Honestly, sometimes, I feel like they really do hate their users, paying ones included

🤷

[solemn crater]

which they probs do

[rocky vapor]

Why are there ads mid fucking chat

[nova isle]

@harsh shoal have you heard anything about the mid chat ads being permanent? This is a yes or no question. Are they permanent?

[eager nacelle]

I doubt they'll answer that, lmao.

The best you'd get is a copy paste response

[hot ridge]

they can't answer that i don't think

besides, Kappa basically did without saying it directly

here it comes

[nova isle]

They won’t. No mod gives a flying you know what, nor do the devs. I have seen thousands leave the app and cancel their plus subscriptions because of the in chat ads. It’s horrible.

That’s across Discord AND Reddit.

[harsh shoal]

Our goal is to maintain the core chat experience. For nearly 4 years, we've been building c.ai and offering a free service. That’s meant a lot to us and we hope it has to you too. We’ve begun to roll out new ad formats across the platform which may include** banner, pop-up, chat window and other ad types**. Running our AI systems for millions of users every day takes a lot (infrastructure, safety, reliability, research - the list goes on!)

We know ads aren't everyone’s favorite thing, but ads for free users are how we can keep c.ai free. and keep the lights on. To avoid seeing banners and pop-up ads, users can subscribe to c.ai+. Additionally, free users can use Charms for ad-free passes.

To use charms on the app:

• Tap the Charms Icon 🄲 at the top of the screen or the "Hide ads" text
• Locate the "Ad Free Pass" section and tap the related button to get a 1-hour ad free pass

Over the coming weeks you may notice more changes as we work to keep c.ai free and accessible for everyone. Please continue to share suggestions and feedback with us as we iterate.

Your support helps us continue to keep c.ai running and we sincerely appreciate you!

[eager nacelle]

Yep

[hot ridge]

[nova isle]

Shove it.

[hot ridge]

[nova isle]

The support they’re now getting is non existent

[eager nacelle]

You do realize they can't say anything outside of what's approved, else they're gonna get assreamed by lawsuits again

[hot ridge]

well yeah it's true that the support is shit

[nova isle]

They already have two more lawsuits pending.

[eager nacelle]

Then you get why they're not saying anything other than these canned replies when it comes to ads

I'm pretty sure every mod has their own opinions with the ads, and how c.ai runs things. But unless they want to get booted off as a mod, they can't say shit.

[nova isle]

BUT they have just made a deal with google that gives them major backing in resources, so the devs didn’t have to do this.

They’re trying to kill the app so they can terminate it and only the site will remain.

[eager nacelle]

When did they make that deal, and how much does running a free service cost that hosts millions every day?

[severe hatch]

What in the world

[nova isle]

They made it last month

[eager nacelle]

You do realize that money isn't limitless, right? The reason why they're doing this is because that Google money is basically out, and they're in panic mode.

[still pollen]

whenever i try to talk to a character it just loads forever 💔

[glossy plover]

They could do anything except mid chat ads

[eager nacelle]

huh, sure

[severe hatch]

Wasn't that like two years ago

[nova isle]

It might be about to crash. Keep an eye out.

[severe hatch]

Oh yeah

[eager nacelle]

Unfortunately, this is the "best" way to get that ad revenue fast. Scummy as it is

Honestly, I can't think of what else they can do other than have like a cheaper cai plus thing just for ads.

[echo wasp]

No legit the mid- chat ads are genuinely the ONLY issue, it’s the fact that it bugs with the chats and makes them reload sometimes, it stops the chat and stops you from sending stuff sometimes even like full big paragraphs, it’s genuinely so annoying, I’d take anything over the mid-chat ads

[glossy plover]

I honestly need to do daily shit for charms because I’m broke

[still pollen]

ohh thanks, i tried on the website it works completely fine. i think it’s just the app lmao 😭

[nova isle]

They could, like they literally had the moderators send out a friggin survey asking our opinions when the ads first rolled out. Marie did it on Reddit. We gave them SEVERAL ideas! Keep the ads when you open the chat, do it Pinterest style, and so on! But never IN OR MID CHAT!

[eager nacelle]

They should just move the ads. Make it come out every time you enter and leave a chat instead of making it show up mid-chat

[zinc birch]

Anything such as paying $10?

[nova isle]

They did have it that way, then they ignored their users and their own promise!

[glossy plover]

Exactly

[echo wasp]

Exactly l!

[glossy plover]

To be honest they are trying their hardest but they are just losing more users

[nova isle]

They are! It’s pathetic.

[balmy fern]

The first time I’ve ever seen a mod actually address the issues.

[echo wasp]

… no given not all of us have the money to be paying £10 every month?? Some people can’t even pay that once??

[nova isle]

We do the surveys, we do the threads, we give them ideas from us, THE USERS, on how to keep us interested.

[eager nacelle]

Yeah, I got something you guys might not want to hear.

Losing users will actually help them more than having people use up more of their resources for free.

[nova isle]

…we know

[fresh shoal]

WHY ARE WE BEING CENSORED ABOUT IT IN FEEDBACK THEN?

[glossy plover]

?

[nova isle]

Not in the long run because what will they do when they lose their subscribers because their paid services glitch so bad. Even THEY are getting ads!

[eager nacelle]

I'm positive if they lose 50% of their userbase right now, they'll be out of the hole they got themselves in in the first place.

[loud sail]

Is the character ai website down for anyone else?

[last sedge]

Where are you getting this info from?

[nova isle]

I’m positive if they lose it, then the word is spread that they’re the worst ai role play app.

[loud sail]

I can't open the website for some reason

[nova isle]

I’ll check mine

[open zephyr]

Same, I can't open the website or the app

[fresh shoal]

HAVE YOU BEEN UNDER A ROCK?? It was CONFIRMED, it’s real. There is genuine proof of this!

[glossy plover]

The app is working fine but the site might be glitched

[limber cypress]

I can open the website and log in, but nothing loads when I click on it.

[echo wasp]

Wdym????

[fresh shoal]

They weren’t even trying to hide it, ppl just looked into Persona’s systems and found the watch list comparisons.

[last sedge]

Can you provide a link or something?

[nova isle]

Mines working. But since they rolled out the trashy in chat/mid chat ads, everything has gone haywire.

[loud sail]

Damn, it's my main usage
(Actually i don't use the app at all)

[fresh shoal]

I can’t, but I’m pretty sure you can find it online. It’s the whole thing that started drama with discord who tried to use persona first after all

[glossy plover]

The mid chats on the site is so bad that my google takes forever to load

[loud sail]

Eh, I don't get ads for some reason

[open zephyr]

I luckily don't get those types of ads yet

[nova isle]

WHAT?

EVEN ON THE WEBSITE?! 😭 their are in chat ads on the website?

[eager nacelle]

By people, you mean hackers. Hackers looked into their systems.

[glossy plover]

Something might be wrong with my c.ai site

[nova isle]

Something is wrong with CAI period

[glossy plover]

They got ads on the site too

[fresh shoal]

They barely even had to hack, it was literally right there in the open. I’m not kidding.

[echo wasp]

I genuinely think the complaints would more than half if they just got rid of the MID CHAT ad’s because that’s what’s annoying everyone the most, it’s the fact it’s in the middle of chats and it bugs everything up

[nova isle]

Banner form?

[nova isle]

Exactly! We’d be fine with them if they stayed on the homepage!

[open zephyr]

[glossy plover]

I haven’t used it in awhile but yesterday I think I saw a pop up one

[nova isle]

But we hate the in chat ads!

[fresh shoal]

I genuinely can’t do this… we’re complaining about ADS when C.ai is partnering with PERSONA? I’m leaving, I can’t.

[nova isle]

Just got them last night and today. Kills the mood.

[nova isle]

Then go. We’ve had this discussion 100 times already when it officially happened.

[echo wasp]

Like if they continued having them every time you opened and closed a bot chat that would be completely fine, it’s when they’re mid chat and every like 10 mins and it bugs everything up, the bot chats shouldn’t have ads that stop you from messaging, it’d even be fine if they were at the top of the screen like the home page, yk??

[nova isle]

They need to keep the ads OUT of the chat PERIOD

[echo wasp]

I’m ngl idk what you’re even on about lmao

[glossy plover]

They got automod on

[nova isle]

Is your CAI working yet?

[last sedge]

Haven’t find it yet

[echo wasp]

Nah that I don’t agree with, I know they need the ads for keeping it up and running and stuff, it’s just the ads that they have mid chat that are stopping us from messaging and stopping messages half way thru and stuff, like why can’t they just have them when you open and close a bot chat and then if they need it to be at the top of the screen above the bot name and stuff

[nova isle]

Are you a spy for the mods?

Tried awfully hard to draw us away from the ads.

[glossy plover]

I’m gonna search for another role playing ai tomorrow cuz I have extra math lessons tomorrow

[echo wasp]

Genuinely if you find one as good as cai used to be dm me it bc im SO sick of the mid chat ads 😭😭

[zinc birch]

Are you looking for one that can do math? 🤔

[nova isle]

Then they can have the ads LIKE PINTEREST! Do you understand how bad it looks and how discombobulating it is for the role play to even see an ad for friggin TEMU?

[signal ridge]

Ads load perfectly but chats don't. Perfect.

[glossy plover]

No, just a roleplaying ai. WHERE DID YOU GET ME SEARCHING FOR A MATH AI FROM?! 😭

[nova isle]

Just like with YouTube 💀

[glossy plover]

My family pays for the YT premium

Guys we need to make our own dm group with us in

[unkempt sundial]

is it js me or the chats arent loading in whenever i open a bot😭

[nova isle]

I know but the running joke with YT is the fact their videos don’t load properly sometimes but the ad is always 4K

[nova isle]

Mine is loading

[glossy plover]

I sent some of yall a friend request

[nova isle]

I’m game

[zinc birch]

Be grateful CAI has never taken my suggestion of making your characters promote products in your roleplays

[blissful vault]

My phone had be starting to heat up and losing battery easily ever since they put the ads. This had never happened, and it’s just another reason why I hate this update

[nova isle]

THEY ARE BUGGING OUR PHONES WITH VURUSES ugh

[glossy plover]

RIP soldier 🫡

[nova isle]

What kind of animal are you? 😨

[glossy plover]

Accept me friend request before I go to sleep

[blissful vault]

Anyone else going through this or just me

[echo wasp]

Legit just praying that they remove the mid chat messages 😭

[blissful vault]

They’re not going to

[nova isle]

Me too cause it’s ridiculous

[echo wasp]

I think they might be a bot person/ scam, their account was made the same day they joined the server

[glossy plover]

They’ll remove it when they lose members and subscribers which will also decrease their income

[blissful vault]

I’m too hopeless to think they’ll remove the ads

[nova isle]

A lot of these people trying to throw the scent off ID verification and AD’s seem to be like that

The runners are pathetic if they think we don’t catch it

[glossy plover]

My app don’t got age verification funny enough

[echo wasp]

Same, it’s honestly heartbreaking cause CAI was so amazing before I started getting mid chat ad’s, it’s honestly JUST the MID CHAT ad’s bugging me out

[nova isle]

Huh…

[nova isle]

I might just switch to opera and use CAI that way

[glossy plover]

I lowkey can’t RP with my bots anymore 😭

WHAT WHY DID AUTO CORRECT DO THAT

[zinc birch]

It won't ask you to verify until verification is available in your area of the world, and even then, not until it sees some reason to think you may be under 18

[blissful vault]

Ever since they added the ads cai has been going down a lot more and glitching. Just ruined the app and the experience

[echo wasp]

WAIT THATS SO SMART HAHA I NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT I LEGIT HAVE OPERA GX HAHAH

[nova isle]

😭

[nova isle]

It did ruin the experience. The CEO needs to go.

[blissful vault]

Deadass when I’m trying to have like a serious chat conversation I get an add and it’s so unserious

[echo wasp]

Yeah it actually has, I agree, it’s the mid chat ads that are messing everything up, I understand they are starting to need ad’s but it’s the mid chat ones that stop or disrupt chats 💔💔

[nova isle]

Does it make you so mad you just sit it down for like two hours and can’t even look at your phone? 💀

[glossy plover]

Imma go to bed now

[nova isle]

Goodnight

[blissful vault]

They should’ve just kept the ads where they pop up each time you click a chat. They didn’t even appear often and weren’t that long. Now I have to sit through one minute ads with no skips. It’s crazy

[nova isle]

THIS! They said it wasn’t going to invade RP, BUT GUESS WHAT!

[blissful vault]

They lied🥀

[nova isle]

They always do

[zinc birch]

The problem is that the expensive part of running the service is computing the replies, not popping open the chat. It makes sense for the amount of ads to be proportional to the amount of messages computed

[echo wasp]

Yes omg exactly
Like leaving and entering a chat makes sense to have an ad, I wouldn’t even complain or consider finding a different AI RP app if they had the ad posters at the top of the screen like on the Home Screen rn, genuinely because it doesn’t ruin any of the chats and stuff, yk?? It’s just that they pop up mid chat every like 10 mins for like 1-2 mins

[nova isle]

…friggin spy

[blissful vault]

I was fine with the ads popping in on occasion when I left or joined a different chat. It wasn’t consistent. The banner just made the app look bad in general, and now the ads mid chat is the cherry on top. The app was unique at some point because it didn’t have ads like the other alternatives

[hot ridge]

[blazing mist]

C.AI fell off last year with all the lawsuits from irresponsible parents

[blissful vault]

I’m also still a little pissed off at the filter. Once they got rid of all the minors, they should’ve just removed the filter for the 18+ users

[blissful vault]

True

[nova isle]

The way they have it now just makes it look like a trashy, virus led app.

[echo wasp]

Yeah I agree entirely, but I do understand they need some ads so like the ad banner at the top I could cope with and the ads when entering or leaving a chat are understandable but they ads mid chat stopping chats and bugging everything out etc I’m genuinely praying doesn’t stay in place because it’s ruining the entire app

[rich halo]

Sometimes ads won’t load/start for me and I have to close the damn app, so I literally lose a new chat/bot when it happens or if it happens mid chat I loose the whole text I typed!

[blazing mist]

“Wanna break from the ads?”

[nova isle]

Keep the banner ads out of the chat and I’m all good

Just keep ads out of the chat period.

[blazing mist]

They not gonna do that

The starving millionaire CEO needs money he so poor

[unkempt sundial]

mine stays in loading screen whenever an ad pops up 🙁

[nova isle]

Yes. Boohoo for the poor MILLIONAIRE.

[blazing mist]

Listen you don’t understand he needs that third yacht

[green crater]

He needs the money to eat his wagyu and 600 year old wine every night

[trail tulip]

Me too, I thought I was the only one, it won't even let me create characters because the same thing happens to me. 😔

[nova isle]

Like seriously!

[blazing mist]

See why can’t everyone just think about the millionaires for once?

[green crater]

It's 2026 and character ai still has no 18+ feature

[nova isle]

Such a cryin’ shame honestly 🙄

[blazing mist]

They do. Gotta be 18+ to use the app!

[nova isle]

Got a point 💀

[blazing mist]

If u want 18+ ai chat bot just use grok 😭

[nova isle]

Question. Who here uses ao3?

[unkempt sundial]

idk why but even closing the app doesnt help

[blazing mist]

Me

[green crater]

Lmao... But seriously. The paid users don't even get the privilege of anything special. Just no ads. That's pretty terrible strategy when other roleplay apps have it available

[nova isle]

We survived the great outages of 2026 🫩

[blazing mist]

My school WiFi blocks both Wikipedia and Spotify but somehow it doesn’t block AO3

[nova isle]

HA! WHAT KIND OF IDIOT IS RUNNING THAT SECURITY🤣

[blazing mist]

My school once blocked their own website on the WiFi

[nova isle]

How in the hell can you manage that…omg.

[balmy granite]

Hey does anyone have any Li Shang bots from Mulan? If not that’s okay

[blazing mist]

Granted they unblocked it real fast but it was funny not having to do work

[nova isle]

🤣

[nova isle]

Sadly, no. A lot of bots were removed by Disney takedown.

[balmy granite]

Oh okay, would I be able to make my own or would that be removed as well. Thank you for informing me 💕

[nova isle]

Can I DM you to let you know?

[balmy granite]

Yeah sure

But are you unable to tell me here?

[nova isle]

Yes. I sent you a DM explaining why.

[brave lily]

That’s why I believe plus members should have nicer perks. Thought it may or may not increase the price of plus but i still think the subscription should have nicer perks if someone is paying $10 a month for it.

[green crater]

I expect they jump it to 15€ if such a feature is added to plus

[brave lily]

Hopefully not a $5 bump in price but maybe a $1 or $2 bump. Then again, I don’t run a business as well, so it’s quite possible it’s might be a bump up between $1 or $5.

[odd crag]

the bots im talking to are growing tails randomly lately, classic c.ai

[brave lily]

That’s c.ai for you.

[surreal spear]

This is just one part of A message I saw "A long, pregnant pause follows."

[surreal spear]

Why is th pause pregnant guys

[sharp cloak]

As my chat was getting good my limit was up

Now i have to wait till the next day

This is until im 18 btw

Cuz now its affecting the UK

[brave lily]

A long, expecting pause basically.

[last trench]

woke up to c.ai asking for my id 💔

[surreal spear]

Im going to pregnancy

[brave lily]

Oof.

[hot ridge]

a pause before tension breaks, usually in a conversation

"Did you make the money?"

Pause.

"Yeah..."

[blazing mist]

Mpreg 😍

[surreal spear]

Mpreg🥰🥰🥰

[minor sparrow]

[surreal spear]

"Did you make the money"

pregnant pause

"Yes."

[zinc birch]

Is it a boy or a girl?

[surreal spear]

It's 7.2 dollars

[zinc birch]

Oh, nice!

[near creek]

Good morning

[surreal spear]

We are discussing the pregnancy of my pause

[hot ridge]

exactly!!

[surreal spear]

You're pregnant now.

[spare holly]

Im uk and its been affecting for a while?

[unreal crystal]

Who’s the father?

[hot ridge]

I am a man

[unreal crystal]

Mpreg

[surreal spear]

Squishy is mpreg

[hot ridge]

no

[surreal spear]

Yes.

[sharp cloak]

guess its only just started for me

[spare holly]

🤷‍♀️

[sharp cloak]

or maybe cuz i didnt update my app properly

[spare holly]

Yeah that might be why

[sharp cloak]

what a bummer

[spare holly]

Mhm, its so sad

[sharp cloak]

its a bummer but hopefully i dont have to wait much longer with this annoying thing

[frail seal]

What’s going on if I may ask?

[brave lily]

I’m mpreg. The baby momma is Taylor Swift.

[sharp cloak]

me finding out about this chat limit thing for the first time rolling out in the uk

i knew it was in the us but i didnt realise its been in the uk for ages

[brave lily]

They did say that the chat limit thingamabob was gonna go global eventually.

[sharp cloak]

yes

[frail seal]

Yeah they did

[sharp cloak]

im so frustrated cuz my roleplay was getting quite interesting

[brave lily]

Though, it sucks for those getting sniped by the limit though.

[sharp cloak]

and i cant do anything cuz im not 18 till july

[frail seal]

I feel so bad for ppl who suffer from that limit ngl

[sharp cloak]

and im assuming u cant use fake ids

like thats just wrong

[frail seal]

I don’t know, I somehow never had to update the app. Neither did I have to do the Age Verification.

[sharp cloak]

imagine it was 17+

[hot ridge]

identity fraud is a pretty severe crime yeah

[sharp cloak]

exactly

im not gonna do that especially cuz its a crime

and besides i can wait 5 months, i also have college finals so ill be busy???

[brave lily]

I remember seeing people on the Roblox Help subreddit complaining that they had the wrong bday because they used someone else’s ID and they’re in an age group that isn’t their age.

[sharp cloak]

this is why i use my own id (passport)

i dont have a provisional or anything yet

[frail seal]

That’s straight up st#pic ngl

[brave lily]

Like one user used their mom’s ID and they were put into the 21+ group.

[frail seal]

Like, what do you expect? To get out into your age group when you use a 18 or even 21+ year old ID?

[brave lily]

I used my own ID to verify on Roblox and were put into the right age group. Then again, this was before people were talking negative about Persona.

[frail seal]

Am I the only one that NEVER had to do any age Verification, neither on C.AI, nor Roblox?

[brave lily]

I never had to age verify on C.ai but I did it by choice on Roblox.

[sharp cloak]

what happens if they see ur under 18 by verification on c.ai

[frail seal]

Well, to add on the Roblox part, I did verify with my ID for VC years back. so…

[sharp cloak]

real me too

[brave lily]

I did that too. I did it well before this whole age group thing happened tbh.

[frail seal]

Yes, before I knew the load of sh#t storm heading our way

I honestly also will Cancle the C.AI subscription dis month. It’s not worth it. I mean…11.99? For what? That the app gets ruined?