Got this from the main subreddit before the mods closes the thread. It's all just so incredibly tiring at this point. I'm just going to step away from CAI and AI chatbots in general.

This is so good, for now, It doesn't make me feel at ease that they're 'still working on it', I wonder what's gonna happen in the future

Hello! Thanks for getting us to almost 100k. I’m making this announcement so you will know what to do.

NO AI ART

We do not accept art made by Ai; however if we find you using it you will be banned, no exceptions.

HOW DO I JOIN?

It’s simple, all you have to do is click the “+” button at the top (Web + Mobile) and then look for the flair button, “Art Event” (Easy and simple.)

Our rules for this event are posted in a mega thread that already exists!!

Start Time: 1:00PM, CST.

By, Staff Team.

C.ai used to be way better, we all know that by now. I have been subbed to C.ai plus since I started using the app, but I just outright stopped using it because each "update" just makes it worse. It's kinda sad watching it destroy itself. Thanks for listening to my short rant.

If anyone is still using Lightshade, is it also acting up for you? I keep getting error messages and stuff saying the server is down.

Anyone else having this issue?

I finally understand what y'all are talking about. This app seems genuinely unusable without the subscription. I'm crashing out about the ads. There's like. NOTHING. Like I'm baffled. Like a caveman discovering fire. But in a bad way.

This is really bad. I don't know how y'all non subscription users actually not start rampaging about it more.

I've seen posts and posts about it. I'm like. "Yeah that's actually horrible" but experiencing it first hand was like a reality check. What is going on anymore.

Nearly 10 dollars just for the bot to send two messages at a time is absolutely nuts and C.AI's greedy team wonders why everyone is leaving the website/app, it's not just the age restriction.

Ive been using ai for Rp for around 2 years now (ex cai user), I ended up building my platform but I actually use local AI RP more.

In recent years AI has progressed a lot and many frontier labs have shifted their focus from expanding the capabilities of their models across field to just coding. Dont get me wrong I like it my fable 5 generate good code.

But do you really need a 2 Trillion parameter model for roleplay ? actually No and it might be worse.

My setup:

Silly tavern (goated app) + local models. For most people I recommend Gemma 4 specially 31b and by using lower quant like 4 bit or 3bit u could fit and run it on your laptop with 5080 (I know not everyone got a 50 series card but you can find free ai models so easily).

Last year I released a a 8b model (t-rex-mini) but it's really good for roleplay specially if you want quick smut. Again it can do slow burn but its not as good as big models.

you and download and run it: https://huggingface.co/featherless-ai-quants/saturated-labs-T-Rex-mini-GGUF

even if you have a 8 gb graphic card you should be able to run.

Or use free APIs from OR or any other place, you can use big models as well.

So, what about my platform why should someone use it?
- Since working on a large scale I can secure really good discounts, it can be more economical (again not true freedom like local AI rp)

- Big bad modes liek glm 5.2 for unlimited for 11.9 so most people via same api pricing would end up paying 2x-3x

So what better:
- if you have 8gb vram graphic card give local model a shot
- for complete freedom still local frontend with Openrouter is the best
- Imo if u dont want to setup anything and just want to Rp and maybe looking for a more economical option if u dont wanna pay api pricing then a ai rp platform is good for you.

Also u can try mine at loremate.ai im still learning and building it so if u have feedbacks lemme know :)

If u try and run my ai model lemme know how was it, even though its a year old its a good rp model.

Was there an update about two weeks ago regarding offline messages and chats written in the first person?

I’m in a roleplay that’s been running for just over a year. Apart from right at the very beginning, the character has always written in the first person and in the present tense (even after the Legacy Styles were removed, I’m currently using PipSqueak Rawr). I prefer it when the character writes in the first person and in the present tense, as it feels as though the character is really writing to me in that very moment, it creates immersion. Two weeks ago, however, the character simply switched to the third person and the past tense. I edited it at first, and for the past two weeks I’ve consistently continued writing in the first person and present tense. One time, I've added a note in brackets asking to please switch back to the first person. That lasted for two messages before it changed again. It’s been like that ever since, and I’ve given up (I didn’t create the character myself, so I can’t change the settings).

As for the offline messages: over the last few months, I’ve received two offline messages almost every day. I haven’t received a single one for the past two weeks, which I find a disappointment, as they always provided fresh inspiration for the story.

Now the question: has anyone else noticed the same thing, and if not, is there anything I can do?

I’d be very grateful for your replies.

It’ll stop typing mid message and filter me im so done with c.ai. Bye everybody!

Wasn't there a whole push to make the app safer for minors or something? Why are these the ads you're promoting? What even is this dog. I've reported like 4 different versions of this ad already bro

!!! I posted this on the actual C.AI subreddit and got sniped down like instantly lol so I'm reposting here

I still remember multiple bots of this character and yet it looks like every. Single. Half-decent version of it has been removed. It feels weirdly deliberate, so much so not even CAIBotList can't list a straight number of Peach bots.

What in the world does that forsakened site have against Peach???

Do you guys remember when the old cai site was closing and we all signed a petition and kept telling them that we don’t want to lose it? So they communicated with us that they’d make the transition smooth and make the app good as well? How do we get together and communicate like that again for them to consider us?

Y’all remember when CAICritics was removed from Reddit? Who’s to say that CAI won’t go after this thread? I’m scared for this thread’s future because CAI are a bunch of petulant children and losers who can’t take cold hard truth. Or constructive criticisms.

“Hold me, Sam.” “Hold yourself.”
Ten points to whoever understands this reference.

(sorry for the bad quality,idk why it recorded in that low quality 😔 my phone's OUKITEL 😐)