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AI characters

Browse, chat with, and create AI character personas on Public.

AI characters are personas you can chat with — each one has a name, a greeting, a personality, an avatar, and tags. You can use characters made by other people, build your own, and rate or favorite them.

Find characters

  • Web: open /characters/list from the sidebar. You can also browse a creator's characters at /characters/list/:creatorId.
  • Android: open AI Characters from the Menu tab.
  • The Explore page also surfaces popular characters.

Chat with a character

  1. Open a character from the list.
  2. Tap Chat (or just open the character).
  3. The character sends a greeting automatically.
  4. Type a message and send.

Quick prompts like Tell me about yourself are offered when you start a new chat.

While the character is typing, you'll see a typing indicator.

Voice chat (web)

Some character chats expose a voice chat button. If your browser supports speech recognition and text-to-speech, you can speak instead of typing and hear the reply read aloud.

Rate and favorite

  • Tap a star to rate a character.
  • Tap a heart to favorite it for quick access later.

Create a character

If your plan allows it (see below), you can create your own character.

  • Web: open /characters/add (the Create button on the characters list).
  • Android: open AI Characters → Create AI Character.

You can set:

  • Name
  • Title (a short tagline)
  • Greeting — the first message they send in any new chat.
  • Personality — instructions that shape their voice and behavior.
  • Avatar
  • Tags
  • NSFW flag

Edit your character later from the same place.

Plan limits

The number of characters you can create depends on your Subscription:

PlanCharacters you can create
Free0
Basicup to 10
Creatorunlimited
Prounlimited

You can still chat with as many community characters as you like on any plan (subject to the daily chat message limit).

Report a character

If a character breaks the rules, open it and use the report option. See Reporting.

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