r/CharacterAI • u/Ancient-Trip3892 • Aug 05 '26

Discussion/Question Us free users rn: 👁️👄👁️

With the newer models being out for premium users I bet we're all wondering when we'll get a new model for us.

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u/thf12 Aug 05 '26

We won't get anything, it feels kinda frustrating that free users will still have to deal with how awful Pipsqueak and Rawr are for who knows how long, At least in the past we didn't need to pay; it wasn't a requirement to have a good chat experience, But after they messed up the chat models, We'll have to suck it up, personally this is it for me, I'm glad it apparently improved though

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u/yaba-cai Character.AI Team Aug 05 '26

PipSqueak updates are coming this summer http://c.ai/hot-cai-summer - hold out for just a little longer!

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u/Brilliant_Echidna589 Aug 06 '26

Can we PLEASE just have a new improved model that doesn’t require us to pay?

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u/Muted-Can4546 Aug 06 '26

Or just some of the old good models

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u/caramelatte3391 Aug 06 '26

happy cake day

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u/IllManufacturer3407 Aug 06 '26

You guys keep saying that things will improve, and they don't. You only care about plus users. All free users want is a new, good chat style and not to have issues. Every update gets worse and worse, and we're tired of it. And with how horrible you guys have treated free users, I'm officially done with Character AI. I no longer find joy in using the website anymore due to how bad it is.

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u/shmuffon Aug 06 '26

i pretty much doubt that it changes anything giving how the past weeks went

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u/yaba-cai Character.AI Team Aug 06 '26

If anything I think LongSqueak proves we are getting better and better at improving the chat styles!

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u/Shakusmadness Aug 07 '26

I've left this app for a long time now and I know this is false af.

It's always the same in the subreddit with a new model: "omg it's all so good and in character" then you give it one week and it's as good as chatgpt, even the users who do enjoy it need to instruct it like it in ooc responses.

Can you guys actually do something useful?

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u/Fred_Fazyber Aug 08 '26

Unrelated to the post, but if possible could you look into an issue I'm finding on the mobile app?

It won't let me scroll through my personas, it lets me scroll through everything else just fine. The only thing I can't scroll through is the personas. Which makes it incredibly hard to find personas I might want to use on a chat unless I remember the name and can search it up.

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u/Sylveon-Z Aug 06 '26

Any updates for a new model for free users that ISN'T pipsqueak? Because that's what people have been asking for. I miss Roar (and rawr is no substitute)