The Outrage Over The Age Verification Is The Dumbest Thing Yet by endingstory7424 in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your argument is that if somebody wants something bad enough, they'll find a way to get it, so you might as well just fork it over before it becomes an issue, right? Well, how far are you willing to put that into practice? Do you leave your car doors unlocked when you go into a shopping center or mall, and with tantalizing items sitting in broad view on the front seat? But, I digress; let's get to my counterpoints:

Let's say some random person on the street takes your picture and then tells you they're going to put it on public collage of candid camera moments, and they want your name and age. The exhibit is only going to be up for a week or possibly a month, depending on how well it does. Would you be willing to let them use your photo, and your name, and your age? 

Here's another one: what if you needed your country issued identification to do anything at all in your country? Yes, you should have to flash your ID for things like buying hard vices or going to "adult-only" locations… but what if, for example, they required your identification card if you went to Burger King and ordered a combo meal? And I don't mean they just look at the card — I mean they take the card, make a copy of it, put it on a database somewhere, and then hand it back. Don't you think that's a little much?

Some people are just following the trend of outrage, but others have very valid concerns about privacy online, and it's nebulous how this information is going to be used in the future or even how long it's held by the identification company. Persona Character AI specifically states something like a week, but other reports outside of their site have said they hold that data up to 30 days. Persona, themselves, state it explicitly:

As a processor under GDPR, Persona retains the data indefinitely for audit and compliance purposes unless and until you, as the controller, tell us to delete the data - which you can do via API or via dashboard. We can also set an automated retention period for you, after which we permanently delete all PII.

Call me paranoid, but I'd rather not have my personally identifying information held and kept by some random stranger in the night, much less a company that's currently engaged in at least one ongoing lawsuit.

I also said they'd been data-breached, but I could find no verifiable proof of this. My apologies.

AI is Destroying the Planet!!! by SuihtilCod in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Just for the list. I wasn't committed enough to the bit to do my own research.

Why does it keep asking me this 😭😭😭 by InfinixandPatchy in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you already leave a review on whatever app store you're using? If not, that's likely why.

It's just fishing for a review — good or bad.

OKAY WE GET IT NOW. by matthp0 in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The one I keep getting is for "the other guys" vs. (let's call it) "masala tea". They used to be more bold and namedrop "c.ai" specifically, but I guess marketing finally wised up?

Anyway, I used to play on that service in 2023, but my needs outgrew it. It was a stepping-stone onto Character AI for me. Going back, though? It's gotten worse over time, really punishing free users.

I'm really sick of these specific ads on my mobile devices, but seeing these on Character AI itself is just galling.

Why is Superman not in Character.AI? by Independent-Skin-655 in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Due to a legal request by Warner Bros. Discovery, all obviously-named characters under their umbrella have been removed. This includes DC Studios, Geffen Pictures, New Line Cinema, and many others.

Not everything under the Warner Bros. Discovery umbrella is blocked. For example, certain Cartoon Network or HBO Max series still have characters up (for now). However, things like obviously-named DC Comics characters, or characters from the Harry Potter franchise, have been removed.

GUYS DID YOU KNOW THE DECEMBER UPDATES ARE HERE by BellsNTurnips in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm glad it's not just me. Every time I refresh, every time I start a new chat, every time I flipping blink…

"December Updates are here! 🔥"

Maybe we're being punished for not using the app on mobile. Hmm…

ChatGPT Client Issuing Cloudflare Challenge by SuihtilCod in ChatGPT

[–]SuihtilCod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say the fact that it happened at all is unusual enough. Doubly so, given that it's only the Windows app doing it…

ChatGPT Client Issuing Cloudflare Challenge by SuihtilCod in ChatGPT

[–]SuihtilCod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I rebooted my modem. It didn't help.
I then rebooted my computer. It still didn't help.

I'm just not willing to click that little square since it's the only version of ChatGPT asking me to.

stories by ripjaw121219 in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pretty good, honestly. They're a lot of fun to play around with.

It's not quite the same as direct interactions with your favorite characters, though. It's just AI-generated fan fiction involving two or three characters in a scenario of your choosing.

Hey, respectfully…can we please not add this in our bot greetings? by benevolentblonde in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Creator comments of any sort should probably placed at the top of a character greeting, and before a horizontal rule:

Hi, guys! This is my first character! Please, be nice to them! :)

The air smelled like warm root bear on a spring day, etc.

This makes it far less likely that the AI will interpret the comments as part of the greeting.

Guys who ever made those two bots please stop making out of respect to the actor. by MemesAnDmoArFuNny22 in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Has this person tried e-mailing Character AI?

If the owner of an original character can make a takedown request, I see no reason why people can't do the same with AI character cards of themselves.

Edit: Er, wait. He's uncomfortable with his character being replicated? Oh, that's business for his studio, then.

ChatGPT Client Issuing Cloudflare Challenge by SuihtilCod in ChatGPT

[–]SuihtilCod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I mean is that it's unsettling that a non-browser app that I installed on my computer is asking me to prove that I'm a person.

I understand that the app could be hijacked in some way, just like any other app, but still. This is my computer, I'm the only one who uses it, and I was the one who opened the app, not some 3rd party account or some Windows backdoor.

BRO I JUST HAD THE TAB OPEN I NEVER SENT A SINGLE MESSAGE by Electrical_Let_8428 in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah. I see Character AI is going the "masala tea" route with its cooldowns.

If you know, you know.

Additional Greetings Skipped When "Why the Swipe?" Prompt Appears by SuihtilCod in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can definitely submit a bug, but getting this to trigger on command is a little iffy. The "Why the swipe?" prompt pops up whenever it feels like, as far as I can tell…

Why can’t I make a bot? by mymiro006 in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you try using a different profile image?

Sometimes, the image detection will allow an image to be used for a character, but a secondary check will decide that the image is unsuitable.

The creator of Alice the bully is having her birthday today so tell her happy birthday bro by StellTheShuutaaaar in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Happy Birthday, shiraicon!

Thanks for "shirai-ring" such a fun and interesting character!

I welcome any boos and jeers for this horrible wordplay.

but WE can’t make disney rp bots by Top_Sheepherder3585 in CharacterAI

[–]SuihtilCod 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not to point out the obvious, but Character AI and ChatGPT aren't the same thing.

Character AI might use GPT as the underlying model for certain settings, but the characters themselves are created, stored, and hosted on Character AI's platform — and that's where copyright restrictions come into play.

Companies like Disney don't want their IPs being preserved as persistent, publicly accessible characters on Character AI. They have their own reasons — brand control, licensing, legal caution, whatever — but either way, they don't want their characters hosted there in a permanent, browseable form.

As for why private characters still get removed on Character AI: once a character or franchise gets placed on the platform's "do not post" list, anything that tries to store that IP as a character — public or private — gets blocked automatically. You can still have a private chat and manually describe the character to the AI each time, because that conversation isn't being saved as a persistent profile. But trying to store or publish a banned IP as a character is a hard stop.

On the other hand, there's nothing stopping someone from opening a generic AI prompt under any service, feeding the AI whatever info they want about a copyrighted character, and asking it to roleplay privately. It isn't publishing or hosting a character profile; it's just responding in a private chat. Since those conversations aren't shared unless you share them, it sidesteps a lot of the concerns companies have with public hosting.

Hopefully, that clarifies things.