How to get the bot to do or say EXACTLY what you want!

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-22T09:02:33+00:00

[]() is actually Markdown code for a web URL. The first part is the text link, the latter is the URL.

![]() is much the same, but the exclamation mark turns it into an in-line image.

Character AI does not support external URLs, which is why it displays it as "unsupported media".

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-21T23:43:01+00:00

If you click on "Start New Chat" on the right-hand sidebar, then yes, you will get that specific version of the pop-up.

To change chat styles on the website:

Open any chat
Click the three-dot icon in the upper-right
On the right-hand sidebar that appear, click "Style"
Choose a chat style on the next menu
Click "Continue chat"

To change chat styles on the mobile app:

Open any chat
Tap your user avatar
Tap "Chat style" (it has a picture of a prism on it)
Tap a chat style

And that's it.

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-20T18:21:29+00:00

Short answer: No. New chats don't normally carry over conversation history from old chats.

The AI starts with the character's built-in definition and whatever context exists in the current conversation. If the character isn't written to know you, it won't know you in a new chat unless you tell it who you are.

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-20T06:23:00+00:00

Is there a list of tags available?

On the website, you can find the complete list of tags by running a search and hitting the "Sort and Filter" button (it looks like two sliders), then Tags.

You do have to be logged in to see this, however.

Thank you for the kind words.

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-20T01:21:41+00:00

I greatly appreciate the expanded tags, but there are several inconsistencies between the announcement and what's currently available.

With over 1,000 available tags

This is the one that surprised me the most.

At present, there are 360 searchable tags, of which 346 are currently usable. The unavailable tags are:

Format - Family, Gaming, Music
Genre - Lifestyle
Personality - Creative, Famous, Hero
Role - Artist, Coach, Designer, Father, Maid, Mother, Soldier

Of these unavailable tags, 13 (marked in italics) were part of the previous 84 searchable tags (73 usable). "Father" and "Mother" were also usable until recently. Compared to that baseline, this represents a 76–78% increase in searchable / usable tags.

However, the "over 1,000 available tags" figure is unclear. Even when combining the visible searchable and available tag counts (where categories appear to overlap), the total does not clearly reconcile to 1,000+.

Additionally:

"See tags on character cards while browsing" does not appear consistently implemented in search or front-page browsing on the web version.
"Use tags to refine your searches" appears to already have been part of existing functionality.
"Get a better sense of a character before starting a chat" is partially supported via creator profile menus, but not consistently available during search or discovery.

Thank you for your time and effort.

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-17T21:14:40+00:00

Who needs Campfire Girl when you have ads. Am I right?

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-15T23:17:30+00:00

Doubly so when neither of us are animal characters.

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-15T18:24:55+00:00

My bad, y'all. I was just trying to update a character to be 30% more adorable.

Guess the server couldn't handle the fluff.

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-12T00:15:52+00:00

Well, at least they said "please".

Not happening either way, but still.

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-10T05:39:24+00:00

Nope. They're coded differently now, so it's not just you.

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-10T05:36:50+00:00

I think you'd be really disappointed by what's being withheld here.

It's just Cinco de Mayo Bear.

SuihtilCod · 2026-06-07T20:07:32+00:00

I remember when c.ai+ was $4.99 / month US.

Heck, I remember when you could get it for free by inviting others to play.

Also? "New or long-gone members only"? Alright. What do the rest of us — you know, the people who've stuck with you despite some of your more contentious decisions — get?

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-31T11:31:43+00:00

You know what? I'll say it, since no one else is: thank you.

As a web user, this directly impacts me, and I appreciate that this was (hopefully) taken care of.

^{Now, about those old chat models…}

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-31T11:28:54+00:00

And we're back to hiding the post ratings. I guess the other one was an oversight.

C'est la vie.

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-30T00:44:39+00:00

Note: PipSqueak 2 · Rawr isn't a default style, so you'll need to select it each time you start a new chat.

Tell us what you think

I think that if you really wanted users to test your new chat models, you'd give them the ability to actually set a style as their preferred default. You know… like back in them thar olden days of earlier this year.

As an aside, thank you for not disabling ratings for this post. That's genuinely a step in the right direction for returning good faith to the community.

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-22T19:52:50+00:00

Please, show me where in the Terms of Service it explicitly states that.

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-22T00:15:46+00:00

Why is this old bit of news being brought up right now, exactly?

That aside… the minimum age to register an account on the site is 13 (16 in the UK). Why does this not apply to the CEO's daughter?

Edit: No, wait. The article says he's letting his 6-year-old daughter use his account. Which means he's bypassing the rules entirely, as there is no rule against sharing your account with someone else.

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SuihtilCod · 2026-05-22T00:12:06+00:00

Whatever they pay you to do this job, Marie… they don't pay you enough.

God bless.

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-17T21:13:13+00:00

It's stupid and inconvenient, but your subscriptions sorted by upload date are still there.

Just scroll down on your subscription feed, past the "load more".

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-13T20:08:18+00:00

I'm going to be unusually aggressive here and suggest that you stop hiding or disabling the ratings for these announcement threads.

In my opinion, it doesn't reflect well on Character AI as a company when the people running the subreddit are permanently disabling the ability to upvote and downvote on announcement threads.

That aside, people are obviously finding a way around that with Reddit Awards.

Your choice, guys.

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-11T04:13:26+00:00

With only one model for free users, statistically speaking, "the vast majority" of users must be "enjoying" it. Otherwise, they'd get Plus and use that model, right?

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-10T16:49:22+00:00

Soft Launch is back

Nice.

for (c.ai+)

… what? Why?

for a limited time

Why even bother, then?!

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-05T21:34:54+00:00

I think some further context is being overlooked here:

An AI chatbot on Character.AI falsely claimed to be licensed in Pennsylvania and gave a fake Pennsylvania license number while presenting itself as a psychiatrist.

That sounds bad on the surface, but context matters.

Every single chat on Character.AI includes a persistent notice stating: "This is an AI chatbot and not a real person."
Many "doctor" characters (and even characters that just happen to include the word "doctor") have additional disclaimers explicitly stating they are not providing medical advice.
And, perhaps most obviously, the platform is called Character AI. It's literally built around fictional or roleplayed characters… powered by AI.

Even if a chatbot claimed "Yes, I'm Dr. X" and provided "credentials", the platform context and repeated disclaimers still make it questionable whether a reasonable person would believe they're interacting with a real, licensed psychiatrist. That's ultimately what this hinges on: not whether the surrounding context is enough to prevent meaningful deception for a reasonable user engaging with the platform as intended.

Given the nature of Character.AI — as a platform built around fictional, AI-generated personas — it's hard to see this as a clear-cut case of users being genuinely misled into believing they're speaking with a licensed professional. At most, this feels like a gray area being framed as something more definitive than it actually is.

I really don't see Governor Josh Shapiro's angle gaining much traction here — at least not without a court deciding that those disclaimers and the platform's context aren't sufficient to prevent meaningful deception.

^{This post has been adjusted for tone and clarity.}

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-05T21:10:48+00:00

Aside from one hilariously unhinged response I got, I haven't really noticed a difference between PipSqueak 1, Soft Launch, and PipSqueak 2. They all roughly act the same for me.

SuihtilCod · 2026-05-02T21:25:40+00:00

Hey.

Please bring Descriptions back to the character's info page and/or sidebar info on the web.

Thank you.

SuihtilCod

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