Next time I use an analogy involving combining two separate ingredients, I'll be sure to include the big jar for the chlorine gas and the sunglasses to wear as the hot sodium is dropped in the bottle and clarify that the resultant product will be vaporous.
I think it's easier for the store to just sell bags of "sugar" with big red quotation marks and a tagline of "it's extra salty".
Not really. It's either this or using Huggingface, which would be practically impossible unless they overhauled their entire UI/UX. It'd be like trying to force Github into becoming the next Civitai.
The closest competitor I can think of is probably TensorArt, but it's way smaller than Civitai. Now I don't frequent TensorArt, but if I had to take guess, it's most likely just like Civitai contentwise.
They are basically copying KF's playbook:
It will be interesting to see how much of a hit they take switching to crypto and ACH. People doing AI image generation are probably more technically inclined than most, so maybe they will see decent crypto use?
That's essentially the whole payment processor problem. You can be doing everything legally by the book, and they can still decide your service doesn't meet their arbitrary risk criteria.
Here's a quick gen I did with Flux for example. Most models aren't going to be trained on drug use, if you wanted something better you'd probably have to use a LoRA specifically trained on what a bong looks like. Eg. https://civitai.com/models/585311/bonghitxl
RVC is pretty good. Easy to install and works on lower powered computers. (i used it on my old gaming laptop from like 2021)
I have heard good things about RVC, if you have a human-generated speech input. https://github.com/RVC-Project/Retrieval-based-Voice-Conversion-WebUI/blob/main/docs/en/README.en.md
I'll probably lurk there. My problem with Reddit and asking a simple question is it will devolve into one of two things, numerous folks suggesting closed sourced software which somehow leads to a conversation about Star Wars; or you get asked a question and then slapped with an answer that no one asked for...which somehow involves Star Wars in references.
Once you start delving into ComfyUI it becomes digital meth.
Adding onto this bit of advice, Illustrious is a good Pony replacement. You don't have to do a bunch of "score_x" tags, it understands a very wide range of concepts, and it produces much better results in my opinion. It also generally plays nicely with generic SDXL and Pony Loras, so if someone hasn't updated one you're using to Illustrious, it should work at least somewhat well enough. I've been running it for the past few months and have had basically no issues with it.
We are removing models and images depicting real-world individuals from the platform. These resources and images will be available to the uploader for a short period of time before being removed.
This change is a requirement to continue conversations with specialist payment partners and has to be completed this week to prepare for their service.
Which Resources Are Affected?
This applies to any depiction of a real person, regardless of context or rating - including PG and PG-13 content. Whether it’s a public figure, celebrity, influencer, or private individual, if a model or image is based on a real human being, it will be removed. This includes fan-art depictions of characters portrayed by a celebrity - e.g. Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford).
Why Now?
We know this will be frustrating for many creators and users. We’ve spoken at length about the value of likeness content, and this decision wasn’t made lightly. But we’re now facing an increasingly strict regulatory landscape - one evolving rapidly across multiple countries.
The most recent example is the Take It Down Act, signed into law this week in the United States:
President Trump Signs Take It Down Act Into Law (whitehouse.gov)
The European Union’s AI Act - the first comprehensive law regulating artificial intelligence - also includes provisions targeting synthetic media and deepfakes, particularly those involving real individuals:
Legislators around the world are responding aggressively to concerns about identity misuse, non-consensual imagery, and AI-generated impersonations.
The Bottom Line
If we want to stay accessible to the wider public - and continue offering creators monetization tools - we have to comply.
Real-person likeness content is no longer permitted on Civitai.
Our Terms of Service and Content Guidelines have been updated to reflect this change.
Thank you for your understanding - and this isn’t the end. We’re actively collaborating with industry partners to develop consent-verification standards, which could pave the way for bringing back compliant likeness models in the future.
In addition to Veo 3, there's also Imagen 4 for images, Lyria 2 for music, and a "Flow" filmmaking tool:
