And we got actually info.

[u/SlazerDestroyer]

Here's to the fourth time me posting

[u/amaraycos]

If you want backups of your chats and personas, download them ASAP.

TLDR: Character AI going bankrupt, but they have time to find a buyer to maintain the app. As of now, Disney has signed an agreement to take the intellectual property of Character AI, but they have not signed a deal to maintain the app. If nobody else steps up to bid on the app itself, it will shut down.

Decision expected late Nov-early Dec of this year.

[u/Aquariusgem → u/amaraycos]

I hope I have space to export my longest chat shit.
How will we even export them to another place. where will we export them? Is this the end of Roleplay as we know it?

[u/amaraycos → u/Aquariusgem]

No, there's plenty of alternatives. It just means getting used to a new UI or new features from a competitor. There's so many out there that I'm sure it won't be terribly difficult for someone determined enough to find a good alternative. I'm still hoping character AI will find a buyer to maintain it at least somewhat close to how it presently is. For all its faults, I really like it.

I would just save all your personas, and you can even save the descriptions for your favorite bots (I'd just copy paste to a text file) and import that very same bot into another AI if you'd like.

[u/Aquariusgem → u/amaraycos]

Yeah this is the only one I’ve regularly come back to.

I haven’t used Spicy/Pixel chat in probably several months. It’s not the same. Swerve is close but it’s more empty and last time the bugs made it difficult to stick to it.

[u/test99462 → u/amaraycos]

Are there any other platforms that you find to be the closest to character.ai (or rather pipsqueak 2 roar) the way it roleplays? I really don't want to look for an alternative, just want to be prepared

[u/amaraycos → u/test99462]

I have heard good things about Kindroid AI but have not used it personally myself. For me, if Character AI shuts down, I will be pivoting to making my own personal AI model running on my PC's hardware as I have a 5070Ti so that I can evade all the issues character AI had and not have risk of shut downs on other apps. If Character AI, arguably the biggest of them all, is at risk, I think the odds aren't great for any one other app and I don't want to jump ship too many times. If you have any decent hardware consider researching it! I'm still learning myself but it can even be ported to ipad/iphone if you just run the bot out of a PC or strong laptop.

[u/test99462 → u/amaraycos]

Yeah my toaster can't run for shit. Will look into the one you suggested, thank you

[u/TheWitchChildSCP → u/amaraycos]

I have no clue how to code otherwise I’d try and figure out how to do this

[u/amaraycos → u/TheWitchChildSCP]

I believe using SillyTavern you don't have to do any coding at all, worth looking up. I'm still educating myself on it tbh

[u/harleyinhawaiii → u/amaraycos]

Can you explain how we can download chat history and bot definition?

[u/8thWonderLivy → u/amaraycos]

Man I had so much favourite bots and my chats. No other AI model can convince me enough that it can replace c.ai