Backyard AI Overview
Backyard AI is an immersive platform for creating and interacting with AI-powered characters, enhanced by rich world-building tools and customizable storytelling features. It emphasizes immersive character experiences, dynamic voices, and privacy‑focused cloud models. The platform presents a fantasy/cyberpunk blend with high fantasy settings, lore generation, and configurable narrative elements. It also highlights a no-sign-up free start and access to powerful language models through cloud plans.
Key Features
- Immersive AI-Powered Characters: Create, customize, and bring to life characters with dynamic voices and audio capabilities.
- Lorebooks: Enrich AI understanding with structured context, history, and memories to deepen world-building (examples include Toxic Wastes, Nightfall City, and rebel lore).
- Author’s Note Customization: Set scene atmosphere and guide the AI’s responses with dynamic author notes (e.g., genre, style, location, time).
- Grammars: Define how characters respond and enforce a unique narrative style and structure.
- Shadows of Aeloria Model Parameters: Fine-grained control over model behavior with advanced token samplers, context length, and prompt templates.
- Backyard Cloud: Fast, private AI models accessible from anywhere with encrypted data at rest and no data logging.
- Plans & Accessibility: Various cloud plans, desktop and mobile support, and a free start option (no credit card required).
- Privacy & Ownership: Data privacy is emphasized; data is owned by the user with strict privacy safeguards.
- Desktop & Mobile Support: Access Backyard AI from anywhere with an internet connection.
How Backyard AI Works
- Create or browse thousands of characters using the Character Hub.
- Use Lorebooks to provide context, history, and memories that the AI uses during conversations and storytelling.
- Customize responses with Author’s Notes to establish mood, setting, and constraints.
- Apply Grammars to enforce stylistic rules and narrative structures.
- Leverage Cloud Models (e.g., Magnum 72B, Midnight-Rose 70B) for high-quality, fast responses.
- Interact via text or voice, with options for dynamic audio and immersive storytelling experiences.
Safety, Privacy, and Compliance
- All data is encrypted at rest and never logged or shared under any circumstances.
- User data belongs to you; the platform emphasizes privacy and ownership.
- Plans and models are designed to be used with creative, fiction-forward content.
Platform Compatibility
- iOS App
- Desktop App
- Web access via Cloud
Plans and Access
- Backyard Cloud: Fast, private AI models with monthly updates and access to ultra-high-quality models.
- Plans include private, encrypted storage and scalable compute for diverse storytelling needs.
- Free Start: Start Chat Free — No credit card required.
Core Features
- Immersive AI-powered characters with dynamic voices and audio capabilities
- Lorebooks to enrich context, history, and memories for deeper storytelling
- Author’s notes to customize scene, mood, and guidance for AI responses
- Grammars to enforce narrative style and structured responses
- Fine-grained model controls via Shadows of Aeloria parameters
- Cloud-based, private, encrypted AI models with no data logging
- Cross-platform accessibility: iOS, Desktop, and web
- Free start option with no credit card required
- Regular updates with new models and features