Civitai in Top 10 Gen AI Consumer Apps, Huge Site Performance Boost, overhauled Review system, and more!

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Greetings, Civitans! Welcome to the twenty-seventh edition of Civitai Biweekly, your essential guide to all recent developments and updates within Civitai.

This week, we’ll cover:

• Civitai in the Top 10 Gen AI Consumer Apps! 🔝

• New Review System 👍

• Leaderboard Changes 🥇

• Site Performance Improvements 🔥

…and more!

1️⃣ Civitai in the Top 10!

With your awesome support, we’ve made it to the Top 10 of the Top 100 Generative AI Consumer Web Products, ranked by monthly unique visits and monthly active users!

Check out the full report!

2️⃣ Overhauled Review System

The Review system has seen the most significant changes since Civitai.com launched! We’ve swapped the 1-5 star system for a much clearer binary 👍 / 👎 system. We’ll be monitoring the reception and usage of the new system over the next few weeks; if you have feedback, you’re welcome to submit it here.

3️⃣ Site Speed Boost

We’ve made significant changes to the back-end infrastructure of the site which has resulted in absolutely huge speed improvements for many users! We’re seeing between a 20% to 90% speed increase on page loads and general responsiveness across all site pages!

4️⃣ Leaderboard Changes

Scoring has changed across the Leaderboards to ensure a fairer, more balanced experience for all! We’re still tweaking the rebalance, so don’t be alarmed if you see changes to the calculation, or your position, over the next few days! You can view the new calculations for each Leaderboard from the ‘i’ button next to the title;

Our 🍀 Civitai Celtic Creations Contest 🍀 is running, through March 17th, with a chance to win $2,400 of prizes across seven exciting categories! In celebration of Saint Patrick's Day and the rich Celtic culture, we're thrilled to announce a contest that invites you to explore the myths, landscapes, and traditions of Ireland (and the other Celtic nations!) through your art.

1️⃣ Stable Diffusion 3 Updates

Emad and Lykon have been teasing us with some Stable Diffusion 3 updates in preparation for the SD3 launch!

Claimed to be Stability’s most capable txt2img model, SD3 promises; “greatly improved performance in multi-subject prompts, image quality, and spelling abilities.”

It’s only available via early-access preview right now, and you can sign up for the waitlist here.

2️⃣ X/Twitter to Open Source Grok Bot

In a surprise announcement this week, Elon Musk proclaimed that AI Bot Grok will be open-sourced, and took the opportunity to throw some shade at OpenAI.

1️⃣ Beginner’s Guides

We’ve updated all of our Beginner’s Guide content on the Civitai Education Hub! If you’re new to the scene and looking to get started making your own images, or just have questions about how Civitai works, start here!

2️⃣ Introduction to Forge

Stable Diffusion interface Forge has been big news in recent days! Based upon the popular Automatic 1111 interface, Forge offers huge stability, speed, and feature improvements! Check out our Forge Quickstart Guide now!

We kicked off our journey expecting a gentle start, but WOW, our artists have turned the tables with a bang! Just two weeks into the Civitai AiR program, and projects are in full swing. Missed out on our artist lineup? Catch up with Noah Miller, Arvid Tappert, Domenec Miralles, and Shinji Murakami (April) at air.civitai.com. Dive into their digital studios to witness art in the making - a vibrant mix of thoughts, tests, and inspirations.

Stay connected for workshops, deep dives, and more from our vibrant community. Your thoughts, collaborations, or curiosities? We're all ears!

Crystal PNY SDXL Checkpoint

Creator Zovya brings near-photorealism to Pony Diffusion v6 XL, with the fantastic Crystal PNY merge!

Weapon Spell Rings for SDXL

A stunning magical SDXL LoRA from Creator HailoKnight! Weapon Spell Rings produces a beautiful glowing radiant effect - perfect for your fantasy images!

Thanks for sticking with us all the way to the end! Here’s your well-earned Newsletter Buzz ⚡ - consider it a ‘thank you’ for being a valued, informed, member of the Civitai community!

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