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feel free to ask me or look up what the actual Californian laws regarding chatbots are ig..
u/AshamedSwim1346 — 11 days ago
r/CharacterAIRefugees
Pipsqueak 3, A good path?
I quit C.ai five months ago because of the removal of legacy models and the implementation of Shitsqueak 2. I really hoped that at some point they would bring back the legacy models, or at least something similar, and when I saw that Longsqueak had been released, I was excited, until it turned out to be only for Plus users :(. By this point, I had already forgotten about the app, since I started university and I'm in a new city where I want to make friends, but I always had the urge to go back to C.ai, even with that awful Shitsqueak 2.
When I saw that they had announced Pipsqueak 3 for free users, the first two things I thought were, "It's sure to be bad; we already saw the drop in quality between Pipsqueak 1 and Pipsqueak 2," and "Another one of those rat models." But I decided to stop criticizing and try it out, and I can say that it's about 75% of the way there is. It's actually quite good; it has better features. Dialogue and narration are present; it doesn't just rely on pure narration, and it doesn't speak for your character, which Pipsqueak 2 did constantly and was very annoying.
Although this model is much better than Shitsqueak 2, I feel it has some things that need improvement. For example, the bots are no longer romantic at all, but rather combative. I created a bot that's my OC and has a wife, and the wife character is supposed to be flirtatious, delicate, and tender, but now she's aggressive and angry all the time. It seems the devs misunderstood the message that we were fed up with the kissing in Shitsqueak 2, and instead completely removed the romance from this new model.
Even though the model is decent, I'm trying not to get too excited because I have new responsibilities, new friends, and a lot of schoolwork. Besides, we all know how the C.ai devs are when they release something that... It's a good feature, not a useless one. One day it might freeze or something might happen, and they'll never fix it, like what happened with Shitsqueak 2 or Rawr, which have bugs that haven't been fixed for months. Let's hope that's not the case and that Pipsqueak 3 remains stable and good.
I'm not saying C.ai has been revived, but at least they've finally learned some lessons from their mistakes and are making sure that the next version they release is better than the last.
u/ALOEOS11 — 11 days ago
I’ve tried way too many AI roleplay sites, this is the one I keep coming back to
I've tried an embarrassing number of AI roleplay sites at this point. This is my hobby now. My lifes work. It will be printed on my grave.
The one I've ended up using most is RolePlaya.
It's 18+, runs as a website/PWA instead of through the app stores, and that's on purpose so they don't have to water themselves down. It feels much more geared towards ongoing roleplay than constantly starting over because your character has developed the memory of a geriatric goldfish with concussion.
The memory is probably the biggest reason I've stuck with it. It keeps long-term memories automatically, older parts of the story get summarised instead of simply disappearing, and on the higher tiers there's proper scene memory too, so characters have a much better chance of remembering who is actually in the room.
There are Worlds now too, where characters can share a setting and have actual defined relationships with each other, plus group chats, public/private folders, collaboration stuff and a ridiculous amount of other features I'm not going to turn into a shopping list because nobody deserves that.
The other thing I really like is that it feels much more personal than most AI sites. The guy running it is a character creator himself and was a PolyBuzz refugee who thought f*** this and made his own site. He's active in the Discord, and users suggest features there that sometimes just appear. One was suggested today and was live the same day.
Most AI platforms feel like shouting suggestions through the letterbox of a building you're not entirely convinced has people inside.
It's not perfect. The free tier has shorter context and the free model isn't as strong as the paid ones, and some of the better memory/scene features are subscription perks.
But I'd rather say that than pretend I've discovered AI Jesus.
Affiliate link if anyone wants to have a look:
https://roleplaya.com/?ref=inkandembe8756
I am an affiliate, so if you end up subscribing through that I get something from it. I considered hiding this information through an elaborate offshore financial structure and using the funds to live out my days in Monaco, but typing this sentence seemed quicker.
u/Much_Ad_7805 — 13 days ago
Looking for closed beta Tester - AI companion App
I'm preparing for the closed beta of a companion app with focus on actual good memory and consistent characters.
I need people to test it who do actual RP and not just write 5 messages and then try to detail the models into nsfw territory (there is guards against this but it's not helpful data).
Earliest start is November 2026. Logging and training use are opt-in. I value user data protection higher than anything else.
Questions can be sent here or in my community, via DM too obviously.
Beta users will get a few months of free subscription if they want to once it's live.
My goal is to not launch the next AI slop bullcrap bot but something that is actually fun to use and not as frustrating as others.
u/Keepcompany-DEV — 11 days ago
How much detail do you actually put into a character setup?
I've noticed some characters feel more natural with barely any setup while others only start clicking once I add more detail
Curious what people here usually focus on when making one.
u/CalmCarson — 14 days ago
R/curisity
Please send me your second thougt whn you see this msg
u/Curious-Line2322 — 14 days ago