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Controversy/Reputation Section?

I think it would be pretty cool if there were some kind of reputation kind of portion for this article. For example, how it's improved/showed AI's capabilities, or it's controversial chatbots that it has, or its effect on social media, such as real life people who have been portrayed doing weird acts by users, or its effects on children. I think it would be fun!

Jesoysauce (talk) 21:12, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

I’d like to suggest some updates to this article. I work for WhiteHatWiki, which was hired by the subject of this article.

@AlphaBetaGamma: Thanks very much for reviewing the previous suggestions. I'm wondering if you'd like to review these as well since you're familiar with the article.

1. Please remove the first paragraph and third paragraph of the “Software” section. Both paragraphs cite only the company website, not a reliable secondary source.

Here are those paragraphs for reference:

Built from advanced deep learning and expansive language models, the software is currently in beta and continually undergoing improvement; on 5 November 2022, conversation memory was increased by double the previous capacity so that the AI would be able to "remember" messages from farther back.^[1]

When a character sends back a response, users can rate the response from 1 to 4 stars. In addition, users can give reasons on why a certain amount of stars are chosen by clicking on one of 4 to 6 buttons. The rating predominantly affects the specific character, but also affects the behavioral selection as a whole. The user can also click the right arrow/swipe left for the AI to generate a new response, and later look through the generated messages by clicking on the left arrow.^[2]

Partly done, I've removed the first paragraph but not the second, which I've trimmed to reflect the current status of the documentation cited. Ability to rate the responses seems relevant and this is a relatively straightforward WP:ABOUTSELF. Rusalkii (talk) 06:28, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2. Please add a new first paragraph to the Software section. This paragraph will provide information about the primary functionality of Character.ai, which is its chatbot conversation partners. This paragraph is a summary of coverage in prominent new sources including the Washington Post and Axios.

Here’s my suggestion for the new first paragraph:

Character.ai’s primary service is to provide users with the ability to have conversations with character AI chatbots that are based on fictional characters or real people (living or deceased).^[3] The responses of these characters use data the chatbots gather from the internet about a person.^[4] Some of the most popular chatbots on the site include chatbot versions of philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Socrates, and René Descartes, ^[5] as well as fictional characters like Sherlock Holmes.^[3] In addition to the chat feature, users can play text-adventure games where characters guide them through scenarios.^[3]

Partly done I have removed the sentence about "most popular characters" altogether. Both sources I can see just mentions that users can chat with these people, not that these are particuarly popular. Rusalkii (talk) 06:28, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

3. Please add a new third paragraph to the Software section. This service received reliable press coverage and was the first new service the company debuted after its original beta launch.

Here’s my suggestion for the new third paragraph in the section:

The company also provides a service that allows multiple users and AI chatbot characters to converse together at once in a single chat room.^[6]

Done, though I've added this to the end of the new first paragraph rather than as its own paragraph. I know I've made a number of substantial changes to your suggestions, feel free to ping me if you have any issues with them. Rusalkii (talk) 06:28, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the time you’ve spent on this review.W12SW77 (talk) 15:46, 6 June 2024 (UTC) W12SW77 (talk) 15:46, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not formally answering the request, I just wanted to note that I haven't found a really popular version of René Descartes. Friedrich Nietzsche and Socrates are indeed more popular, but they are not really "Some of the most popular chatbots on the site". If we want to focus on the most popular chatbots, we may mention the psychologist, which was featured in BBC and some other media, along with Super Mario, and perhaps Elon Musk and anime characters. So I suggest to replace the sentence "Some of the most popular chatbots on the site include chatbot versions of philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Socrates, and René Descartes." with something like:

Popular chatbots characters include anime and video game characters (e.g. Raiden Shogun, Mario), public personalities (e.g. Elon Musk), philosophers (e.g. Socrates) and therapists.

The other proposed sentences seem fine to me, and I think the request improves the article. Alenoach (talk) 13:30, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@W12SW77 Just to let you know, I replaced the {{reflist}} template with a Reflist-talk at the bottom of this section since they're a bit easier on the eyes on talk pages. Jabster28 (talk) 11:37, 28 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "@xpearhead posted: Conversation Memory DOUBLED!". Character.AI. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
^ Character.ai. "Training a Character". Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tiku, Nitasha (7 October 2022). "'Chat' with Musk, Trump or Xi: Ex-Googlers want to give the public AI". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ Heath, Ryan (4 June 2023). "Character.ai bets on making AI chat fun". Axios. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ Cheng, Michelle (12 October 2023). "A startup founded by former Google employees claims that users spend two hours a day with its AI chatbots". Quartz. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
^ Zielinski, Radek (12 October 2023). "Character.AI unveils group chat feature for paid subscribers". ReadWrite. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[1] "@xpearhead posted: Conversation Memory DOUBLED!". Character.AI. Archived from the original on 2023-03-16. Retrieved 2023-02-13.

[2] Character.ai. "Training a Character". Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-02-13.

[TikuWaPo-3] Tiku, Nitasha (7 October 2022). "'Chat' with Musk, Trump or Xi: Ex-Googlers want to give the public AI". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[HeathAxios-4] Heath, Ryan (4 June 2023). "Character.ai bets on making AI chat fun". Axios. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[5] Cheng, Michelle (12 October 2023). "A startup founded by former Google employees claims that users spend two hours a day with its AI chatbots". Quartz. Retrieved 26 February 2024.

[ZielinskiRW-6] Zielinski, Radek (12 October 2023). "Character.AI unveils group chat feature for paid subscribers". ReadWrite. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

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