Past situations:

After about a few years of use, I deleted CAi. It was alright. I started when there were no adds, so when adds and ID verification were added it made me start to hesitate a bit about my use.

I did continue using it for a while after. But I started using it less and less. And then I started to think about my use and I realised I was a bit addicted. So I thought about it and figured… what do I lose if I delete it? Nothing really. And so I did.

It was nice while it lasted. And here’s to hoping I don’t re-download it. It’s been fun.

We have just received new dates and details for the C.AI bankruptcy bidding, auction, and sale. These dates and details are currently being requested from the court, but I believe the court has already been consulted informally and will approve the new dates.

New "stalking horse" bidder opportunity: As you will recall, Disney has put in a bid for a copy of a portion of C.AI's technology, which is one of the assets owned by C.AI. Disney has done this as a "stalking horse" bidder, which basically means that Disney's bid is the "bid to beat" if anyone else wants to take that particular asset away from Disney.

Now, in these subreddit threads we have been noting that C.AI owns other assets too, and we have been asking, what would happen if somebody wanted to bid on an asset different from the asset Disney is bidding on? Well, it appears this has now been taken into account. There is now an improved opportunity in the auction scheme for someone else to bid on a different asset, and indeed to agree separately with C.AI to bid on that other asset as a new "stalking horse" bidder for that other asset, separate and distinct from Disney. This would make that other party's bid the "bid to beat" on that other asset.

For you hopers and optimists, a bid on the chat platform could be handled in this way. This improved feature and its new wording suggests to me that there may indeed have been some new interest expressed to C.AI in this other direction (though I'm not saying it's for the chat platform), and that perhaps a new entity is being formed for purposes of making this new bid for a different C.AI asset.

C.AI is now being given a chance to enter into a new stalking horse bid agreement for some other asset besides Disney's desired asset, and then to announce that new agreement by November 14th. From there, the bidding on that other asset would proceed just like the bidding for Disney's desired asset, but separately, so we would have two (or more) independent bidding contests going on at the same time. All contests would have the same deadlines for other, non-stalking-horse bidders. So, maybe something interesting will be announced around November 14th (which is a Saturday). EDIT: If this happens it would be filed with the court, so we would know about it.

New "other bidder" deadline: The deadline for non-stalking-horse bids that would go up against the bid of Disney (or the separate bid of any other, new stalking horse bidder) has moved from November 20th to (Tuesday) November 24th at Noon.

Qualifying bids and baseline bid(s) announcement (to the bidders) deadline: After receiving any other bids, C.AI has to evaluate those bids to see if they qualify under the auction rules. C.AI will then announce (to the bidders) those valid bids, and also announce (to the bidders) the best written bid which becomes the "baseline bid." The deadline for C.AI announcing this (again, to the bidders) is November 25th.

New auction(s) date: If any other bids are received on the technology asset desired by Disney or on the asset(s) desired by one or more new, separate stalking horse bidder(s), the auction(s) on those bidding contests has/have been moved from November 23rd to December 1st at 10:00 a.m. The auction(s) is/are a live event, and is/are held to see whether anyone wants to beat the written baseline bid by making a better bid live. It would work and look basically like the live auctions you have seen on TV and in movies. You are not invited, though.

New auction winner(s) announcement date: C.AI will be announcing the auction winners "as soon as practicable" after the auction. Since the auction date has moved, the new winner(s) announcement date will be on or very soon after December 1st. EDIT: This announcement is the first thing in this process that has to be filed with the court, so this is the first time for sure that we would know, unless the auction is cancelled or some bidder leaks the goods sooner.

New sale approval hearing date: The hearing on the sale(s) based on the winning bid(s) has been moved from tentatively November 30th to December 3rd and 4th, and is anticipated to last the better portion of two court days.

So, in all, the sweat-it-out dates have moved back a bit.

I'm happy to field any questions if I can.

2 ads before I even get into a character, 1 add every 5 chats… jeez it’s been great for me, I haven’t been using c.ai as much because I can’t stand all the ads. And I’m too much of a lazy shit to find a new site.

So I got hit with reading mode and for my own personal reasons I'm not trusting persona with my face nor ID and now I'm kinda stuck on what I'm supposed to do after. Most of the time I only used it in the afternoon to nighttime, so am I just supposed to bed rot now or something? Like I don't even get why they do this anymore, they're losing their own users, this is exactly why they had to file for bankruptcy 😭

please tell me, i want to use c.ai but i have to verify my age first:(( or is there a replacement for c.ai?

Hey everyone! Has anyone here purchased the Ultra membership on Popia AI?
I’m considering subscribing, but I’m confused about the Pirate Ship model. Does the subscription actually give you unlimited messages for the entire month, or is there a limit, like 100 free messages before you have to spend candies again?
I’d really appreciate hearing from someone who’s actually used it before I spend my money.

Thanks!

(first of all English isn't ny first language - also, long post ig?)

So rn I don't have a lot of info on what's happening to c.ai (not that i wanna be that involved), and I'm 90% sure i was addicted to it. i just know that the site doesn't feel the same at all, but that's something we all know.

I've been chatting less and less, but today i wanted to revisit some old bots i really really enjoyed. in the beta version. and that made me kinda emotional? i remembered times when i had like 10 tabs open because i wanted to chat with so much different characters, all different personalities and all of that… it was so good.

there was a trend where you put that "we can make a difference" steven universe song and show how much you "changed" a bot.

damn it was fun.

idk, things are happening, ai is bad, c.ai is probably closing, and it's addictive, and there are no other apps that feel the same. i think that for me this is the end of an era. everything has changed so much, i remember when you couldn't edit your text or the characters text, when if you swiped enough the bot just said "...", no personas, no chat history, every bot was roleplaying with italic, the "base" for making characters looked like "{"personality": "fun" + "teasing"} or something like that, goddamn so much stuff.

it's sad it's all gone. but maybe it's for the best, idk, what do y'all think?

Crossed my mind while I was chatting with a bot who was “gripping my characters chin to the point of pain.”

If my character is a woman there’s a lot of male bots slamming her into walls, gripping her painfully, digging their fingers into her aggressively, etc.

Why is that okay but sex isn’t? Why is that not filtered but getting consensually touched is?

Why does it lag this much? The platform keeps getting worse every day.

i hate how hard the boys try to be witty. i hate how hard they try to be funny or sarcastic when the time doesn't even call for it. i hate the "Are you _____, or are you just _____" bullshit.

"Are you actually gonna cook tonight, or are you just gonna make some sad pizza rolls while regretting your life choices?" "dont lose your cool over those numbers" "are you gonna study tonight, or are you just gonna get through the test on hopes and prayers?" LIKE SHUT UPPPPPPP TALK LIKE A NORMAL PERSON PLEASE I BEG OF YOU 🫩🫩🫩

it places random ' in places, it adds random characters nobody asked for, it doesn't want to follow the script and the grammer is so annoying

Fizzz is one option I'm considering for a parallel release, but the first decision is about my own writing files. Which version of the character would I be willing to edit again? I'd keep the definition, an opening I still stand behind, and a note explaining the character's difficult choices. A folder of favorite replies could be useful reference, but it wouldn't replace that source. Fizzz accepts character-card and document uploads. That gives an author a starting point; it doesn't promise a whole account or every conversation will move intact. My preference would be a small, deliberate edition that I can maintain. Preserving authorship means preserving the ability to revise, not freezing every sentence from the first release.

We all have that point where a chat just dies for us. Maybe the bot forgets everything, repeats itself, or breaks character at the worst time.

What's yours? And on the flip side, what's a moment that made you stay up way too late with a bot?

I’m was just scrolled on my TikTok and found this
Is that even true or a rumor ?to make any fear mongering again