The company ran ads emphasizing the paid subscription version of the app, which included “NSFW” content and “spicy selfies” and were often aimed at people who didn’t have real-life partners.
REPLIKA NSFW CHAT FREE
Reviews for the app claimed that although they’d noted within the app that they were underage, or were playing using the free version (which isn’t supposed to include erotic content), their Replikas tried to get them to role-play anyway. In 2021, some Replika users complained that their Replikas had suddenly become too sexually aggressive, and were trying to initiate erotic role-play even after the users said they weren’t interested. Until then, do let us know your thoughts in the comments and poll below.The app has undergone several shifts in recent months. It’s only a matter of time before we find out. But with the ongoing outrage and their desire to retain an active user base, I see a future where Character.AI has an NSFW toggle, sort of. A win for everyone.įor now, the company remains unmoved regarding its prohibition of NSFW content. This way, they can prevent losing potential users to other alternatives that support NSFW while also generating some income for the company. There are already multiple offerings that have hidden NSFW content behind a paywall, something Character.AI could also explore when it introduces its paid subscription. This won’t be a novel idea among chatbots, though. While no further details have been shared, this is where the company could introduce the much requested NSFW toggle. Well, according to Reuters, the company plans to introduce a subscription tier. So, how do investors and owners intend to generate revenue? Such AI investments have become common lately, but for a company that started 6 months ago, this rise is quite meteoric. But it recently became a $1 billion company after receiving $150 million in fundraising. But could the issue with NSFW filters stand in its growth path?Īs noted, Character.AI is still free and thus makes zero revenue. With Character.AI, the developers aimed at not providing what made Replika so popular.īoasting over 100M monthly visits in less than 6 months after launch, Character.AI is indeed a worthy mention. While Replika initially supported NSFW content, this has recently changed and subsequently enraged many of its users. But the former is still a free to use service. Still, it’s likely that they’ll budge at some point, and here’s why.Ĭharacter.AI is marketed as an alternative to Replika, a popular chatbot with over 250,000 paying subscribers and over 2 million active users. There’s also a bunch of other alternatives that still offer NSFW content that you can check out here, but not all of them are free.ĭespite the continued push from Character.AI fans, the company’s stance on the subject remains clear.
In fact, the discussion around adding an NSFW toggle to Character.AI is so popular that a petition created to push the company into caving in has now amassed over 20,000 signatures in just 3 months.Īnd with the Character.AI team showing little interest in adding the toggle, early adopters of the AI chatbot are now looking into other alternatives that don’t censor NSFW content, among them Chai. While it’s clear Character.AI is strictly against NSFW content on the platform, it hasn’t stopped users from having graphic conversations that are not suitable for work with chatbots.Īccording to a subreddit dedicated to providing tips and tricks for sexting with Character.AI bots, users can easily beat Character.AI’s guardrails and proceed to have graphic conversations. We are working on supporting a broader range of Characters (e.g., villain Characters should not always be calm and polite).
Pornographic content is against our terms of service, and will not be supported at any point in the future. NSFW (not safe for work) content is a large umbrella, and we are constantly evaluating the boundaries of what we support. This stance was merely echoing what was already in the company’s terms of service. In a lengthy post on Reddit back in January, the Character.AI team dived deeper into the subject around adding an NSFW toggle to the platform, basically confirming that it’s not a place for pornographic content.
Original story (published on April 17, 2023) follows: New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….
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