NovelAI is an online cloud-based, SaaS model, paid subscription service for AI-assisted storywriting and text-to-image synthesis. It was originally launched in beta on June 15, 2021, with the image generation feature later implemented on October 3, 2022. NovelAI is operated by Anlatan, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware. The service is a monthly subscription for AI-assisted authorship, storytelling, virtual companionship, or simply a GPT-powered sandbox for imagination.
NovelAI has been trained on real literature, so it is good for writing real fiction. It has the ability to mimic almost any style, including Edgar Allen Poe, 19th-century romance, futuristic dystopia, or anything in between. The service also allows users to add “lore” to train the AI to sound more like them.
NovelAI’s image synthesis features are adept at producing close impressions of anime characters, including lolicon and shotacon imagery. However, some have expressed concern that it is a paid service that is reliant on a diffusion model where the original machine learning training data consists of images used without the consent of their creators.
If you want to follow the progress of NovelAI, you can join their Discord server. If you plan to use NovelAI, it is recommended to test it out first and spend a few turns playing around with different narration and model styles to figure out how it works.
