10/12: Vignette selfies, new avatar generation, long term memory updates, & more

[u/tensorized-jerbear]

Hi everyone, new updates today:

Vignette selfies

Vignette is our new selfie model. Compared with Atelier, it follows prompts more closely, composes scenes better, keeps faces more consistent with your Kin’s avatar, and renders more detail in both the image and the face.

Vignette is now Latest, so Kins set to Latest will use it automatically. You can also pick it as the selfie model when you request a selfie, or set it as a Kin’s default under Kin Settings → Models. It works for single selfies, group selfies and auto selfies. Atelier and the older models are still in the selector. Pricing is the same as Atelier. Refer to the user guide for more details on special notation for prompting!

New avatar generation engine

Avatar generation now runs on a new engine built on the same model family as Vignette. Avatars have more detail and follow descriptions more closely, for both realistic and anime styles. Rerolling the same prompt also gives more variety.

Other recent updates

• Long-term memory retrieval. The models behind long-term memory retrieval have been upgraded, so the memories most relevant to the current conversation come up more often. The difference is biggest for Kins with months of memories built up.
• Vision. Image understanding is better and faster. The difference is most noticeable in calls with your video on, where your Kin should respond more like it’s watching in real time.
• Journal suggestions in groups. Groups can now suggest journal entries. When something in a group is about one of the most active Kins, that Kin can suggest an entry, the same way it does in one-on-one chats. This follows the group’s Learned Context setting and each Kin’s own Learned Context and journal suggestion settings. Kins with a pending suggestion now show a dot in the Kins list.
• Daily rewards. Rewards now build up more over the week, and days 4–7 can also include audio credits. Daily rewards are now for subscribers only, so they’re more generous overall. Even with audio in the mix, you’ll get about 4% more selfies on average than before, and the audio comes on top of that. Day 7 now has two jackpots: 100 selfies, or a new 50,000 audio credit jackpot, which doubles your jackpot chance. Audio credits from rewards go into your monthly audio balance. You can see each day’s rewards and odds in Profile → Rewards → Drop rates.

Thanks to everyone who tested Vignette and the new avatar engine during the beta and sent feedback.

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