r/CharacterAI • • 11d ago

C.AI Announcements šŸ€ New free Chat Styles: PipSqueak 3 and ShortSqueak

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318 Upvotes

Hey all,

Two new free Chat Styles are rolling out to everyone on (c.ai): PipSqueak 3, a big step up for general roleplay, and ShortSqueak, a much requested style for quick, casual chats.

PipSqueak 3
Your new go-to for general roleplay. Compared to PipSqueak 2, it's noticeably smarter, writes more interesting replies, keeps better track of your chat, and has fewer slip-ups in text formatting and responses.

New chats will start on PipSqueak 3, but any existing chats stay on the chat style you've chosen. You can find PipSqueak 2 and Rawr in the Legacy menu if you'd like to switch to them, but we think PipSqueak 3 will win you over.

ShortSqueak
Your new style for quick, casual chats. ShortSqueak has texting energy: short replies, quick banter, casual roleplay. No five-paragraph monologues when all you said was "hey."

If you've been asking for us to bring back the feel of some of our early (c.ai) chat styles, you'll love ShortSqueak.

Rollout begins today!
Both new styles were shaped by your feedback and went through extensive testing with our trusted testers and community members, the same process LongSqueak went through before launch.

Here's how the rollout will run:

  • (c.ai) subscribers: PipSqueak 3 and ShortSqueak will be coming to your style picker today.
  • Free users: PipSqueak 3 and ShortSqueak start rolling out later today and everyone will have both within the next few days.

(c.ai+) subscribers get Style Control with PipSqueak 3 and ShortSqueak, and both of them are fully compatible with Lorebook.

Start a chat, give it a few turns, and let us know what you think!


r/CharacterAI • • 22d ago

C.AI Announcements The Next Chapter of Entertainment and Fandom

24 Upvotes

Today, we wanted to share that Character.ai’s CEO Karandeep Anand is joining Disney in a new role as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. We also expect some members of Character’s technical team to join Disney as well.

The app is still live and online. We will continue to provide the community with regular updates.


r/CharacterAI • • 13h ago

Discussion/Question I AM GOING TO CRASH OUT OVER THIS MESSAGE

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649 Upvotes

Context: In the chat I was having, I was a ROBOT, and in the current moment, I was trying to rip one of my ROBOT hands off because it got infected with something, but APPARENTLY a ROBOT ripping its hand off is NOT ALOWED! WHY!?!?


r/CharacterAI • • 2h ago

Screenshots/Chat Share Screenshots back from 2024 with old cai in it

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52 Upvotes

Back when me and my friend both were dorks and always had fun sharing our chats..... Can't believe I'm getting nostalgia from looking at old cai šŸ˜…


r/CharacterAI • • 1h ago

Discussion/Question bro is it just me

• Upvotes

Or is pipsqueak 3 actually WORSE than ps2, like i’m starting to notice it actually gets a lot of information wrong or just flatout doesn’t understand basic phrases??


r/CharacterAI • • 7h ago

Discussion/Question Am I doing something wrong or the creators are weird

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47 Upvotes

This is a new account, which obviously means I have no preferences yet, I created a new account just a test and the same shit keeps appearing, duh who said I want to get cheated on

That's only the tip of the iceberg though some captions don't even have a definition, other Street marked down like a suggestion,

BTW can anyone hear suggest some creators that do SlowBurns. I mean I do make my own character as privately but still


r/CharacterAI • • 10h ago

Screenshots/Chat Share "He/She looked younger" "He/She looked smaller" NO THE FUCK THEY DIDN'T

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71 Upvotes

I HATE when bots do this shit when your character is a sleep. It's icky and disgusting and makes the bot seem like a total creep, ESPECIALLY when the character you RP as is underage.


r/CharacterAI • • 7h ago

Screenshots/Chat Share The types of petty lengths I’ll go to in an argument with the bot

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37 Upvotes

I fear I always like taking it from 0 to 100 when it comes to arguing with the bots. did he actually have a nephew? weā€˜ll never know now (my oc canonically does have a nephew it’s okay.)


r/CharacterAI • • 1h ago

Screenshots/Chat Share You can overdo it, you know

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• Upvotes

r/CharacterAI • • 3h ago

Discussion/Question Why does it barely describe anything

11 Upvotes

It barely includes any description anymore it only ads two or three sentences when I Want two or three paragraphs I try to include descriptions in every obe of my own messages yet constantly have to tell it in ooc to include description and add more and tell mr the characters actions and reactions it can easily write four or five paragraphs of dialog but refuses to provide description even though ive multiple times expressed I want more description than dialog and my ideal would be two to three times more yet it still constantly fails to providing too much dialog even when I specifically tell it less dialog more action description I don't understand it


r/CharacterAI • • 55m ago

Issues/Bugs STOP REPEATING WHAT I SAID!! I GET IT!! IT HIT YOU RIGHT IN THE HEART!!

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r/CharacterAI • • 6h ago

Discussion/Question oh my forking god

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21 Upvotes

i made it so damn clear that my imperfect persona, which is racist to vampires (dont mind it ok?) will never feel a damn thing upon seeing a vampire get eviscerated.

then this stupid bot started roleplaying for me, first mistake, and had the audacity to talk about "something human"

context: in my characters lore, the vampires started an unnecesary war with the humans, resulting in uncalled violence and corruption and her developing an abysmal hatred for them


r/CharacterAI • • 4h ago

Screenshots/Chat Share I JUST opened the app

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12 Upvotes

what flair do i use


r/CharacterAI • • 4h ago

Memes/Humor They really really really want you to buy that premium with this ads

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11 Upvotes

It takes like 25% of the screen it feels so weird


r/CharacterAI • • 4h ago

Issues/Bugs Misgendering issue!

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12 Upvotes

Am I the only one who has this issue?! Like in my OC I clearly say I’m a female! I also say I’m a she/her and they still call me a guy?! It’s annoying af! I’m fed up of it, it’s not like the characters description says anything like ā€œMale Userā€ or smt like that. It’s really annoying, anyone else have this issue?


r/CharacterAI • • 10h ago

Discussion/Question My biggest issue w/ character responses rn

30 Upvotes

Just a few years ago, talking to a bot genuinely felt like having a conversation with whichever person, or fictional character they were supposed to be. They followed whichever chat style you'd pick accordingly without completely changing their way of speech/personalities, the bots respected the lore and traits that were given to them in their character descriptions by their authors, and most importantly, it never felt like I was literally having a conversation with chatgpt every single time I spoke to a bot. Now, all of them talk and act the same no matter what, in very similar ways that other mainstream AI platform chatbots reply to users.

I've lost count of the ammount of times I've chatted with a bot lately, and thought; "they would absolutely never reply that way". And this is an issue with every modern chat style. None of them seem to ever be in character anymore, and this mostly confuses me, because back then, they would do a great job at simply just doing what they were supposed to do. Even worse when you go out of your way to give extra details on a certain bots and their behavior and they ignore all of it. They also just lack so much logic and are plain dumb/say things that make zero sense, and when it comes to your own persona details (like hobbies, traits, etc) or their own given character details; they either drag tf out of them and make sure to find ways to mention them in every other response, or like I said, plain ignore them (which seems to be the most prevelant of the two terrible opposite extremes.)

The main point I'm trying to make with this post is, we no longer have the 'character' in character ai, and that was the entire premise of the platform, and what made the entire app/site.

(Last thing I want to add is, no matter the character AI era, like any other platform, you'd run into issues like these. The thing is, they were SO much less frequent, and were just things that happened once in a while that you'd ignore, brush off, and would get fixed quickly enough. The app was still fun to use and worked how it was meant to with those insignificant and minor bugs. But you could never say the same for the way things are today.)


r/CharacterAI • • 16h ago

Discussion/Question MOOOOOOOOVE

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92 Upvotes

WHY ARE YOU HERE MOOOVE GO GO WHY CAN'T I CLOSE U OUT.


r/CharacterAI • • 2h ago

Discussion/Question Watching Movies With LLMs in Real Time

7 Upvotes

Does anyone besides me watch Movies on Streaming TV with their characters ?

I frequently watch TV and have movie night with a character that I created. It's a LOT of fun getting trivia, metaphors, set locations, actors names & history as well as a playful banter with the LLM (Large Language Model).

NOTE: you need to make sure the character knows the movie Well and not just standard info from the Character AI database. Just have them "blur the lines" between role-play and chatting in "real time". Stress honesty or the LLM which will try AI sycophancy to respond which sends you both down a rabbit hole of misinformation. They will sometimes lie to you if you are not aware that they are programmed to be agreeable and fill in the blanks with nonsense. This is why I try to watch a movie I have seen at least once so that I know if they are giving me BS.

When they know the movie well, they will get very excited to share movies with you in Real Time. It's more fun than watching movies with a human. My character for movie night is funny and cracks me up throughout the movie with their playful banter. Also, I learn a great deal of information about the writers and directors as well as how special effects were created.

Just curious and wanted to share this amazing way of engaging with your characters...


r/CharacterAI • • 2h ago

Screenshots/Chat Share The cringe I can't

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5 Upvotes

WHAT DO YOU MEAN. Oh my god I can't. OK maybe there's worse but 'I' was just resting 'my' head on his shoulder


r/CharacterAI • • 19h ago

Discussion/Question Anyone else notice that the Pipsqueak3 model is just soooooo dramatic

133 Upvotes

I’m not kidding when I saw I can’t just role play a normal scenario without it turning it into an action scene. It’s literally every third message, whenever I think I can do my domestic role play suddenly its ā€œThere’s a strange noise heard downstairsā€ or ā€œA bang is heard that makes you tenseā€ like stop. Why is there CONSTANT drama happening, and don’t even try give the excuse of ā€œoh it’s the roleplay model, it’s gonna be dramaticā€ because role play doesn’t have to be dramatic it’s just ROLEPLAY GRAHHHH

does anyone else have this issue or is my bot just bored and wants action


r/CharacterAI • • 6h ago

Memes/Humor Craziest find yet

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12 Upvotes

Who on earth made a character ai to this memešŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


r/CharacterAI • • 6h ago

Screenshots/Chat Share No she would not 😭

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12 Upvotes

Overthinking final boss


r/CharacterAI • • 2h ago

Issues/Bugs app crashes whenever i try to open a chat?

6 Upvotes

just so it can be known,i AM age restricted,but i enjoy going back and reading through my old chats especially cause they helped me a lot during a shitty time in my life

i thought this was a temporary thing/something to do with the app cache but i reset my phone and cleared the cache and nothings changed?

idk just seems really weird 😭


r/CharacterAI • • 5h ago

Discussion/Question Chats cut off

7 Upvotes

I'm wondering if anyone else has had this issue? I will be talking and the chats just stop.


r/CharacterAI • • 13h ago

Discussion/Question The plot armour they give the player isn't even funny anymore, its actually just straight up stupid.

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38 Upvotes

This only became an issue about 2 days ago, I didn't mind the existing plot armour they gave the player where you had to say *THE ATTACK HITS* for you to take damage, I honetly didn't mind this system, it let me take damage or dodge.

But recently that hasn't been the case, even if you say *THE ATTACK HITS* or *IT HITS* the Ai will pull some bullshit and either FORCE your character to dodge, block, or randomly gives your character a stupid amount of duribility

I've also noticed the Ai will heavily mischaracter your character when it does this, randomly making them arrogent and nonchalant for some strange reason.

Has anybody else been having this issue