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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

  1. Create or browse thousands of characters using the Character Hub.
  2. Use Lorebooks to provide context, history, and memories that the AI uses during conversations and storytelling.
  3. Customize responses with Author’s Notes to establish mood, setting, and constraints.
  4. Apply Grammars to enforce stylistic rules and narrative structures.
  5. Leverage Cloud Models (e.g., Magnum 72B, Midnight-Rose 70B) for high-quality, fast responses.
  6. 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