Character.AI Bots Generating Irrelevant Topics and the Personality Parameter Reset That Restored Coherent Dialogue

Have you ever chatted with a Character.AI bot and had it suddenly start talking about dinosaurs in the middle of a discussion about space travel? You’re not alone. A lot of users noticed this weird behavior. The bots were going off-topic, becoming random, and just plain confusing. But luckily, something changed. A personality reset saved … Read more

How D-ID’s talking-head videos returned audio_desync on mobile players and the frame-rate conversion trick that restored lip-sync

D-ID’s breakthrough in using AI to generate lifelike talking-head videos has been an impressive technical feat. These videos, where a still image appears to speak naturally in sync with an audio track, have found applications in customer engagement, marketing, training, and accessibility. However, users began reporting a subtle but critical issue: on many mobile video … Read more

Claude Answering With Overly Short Responses and the Depth-Control Prompting Technique That Improved Output Length

Claude, an advanced AI assistant developed by Anthropic, has demonstrated a variety of strengths in natural language processing, including maintaining coherent conversations, offering context-aware replies, and summarizing complex topics. However, like many large language models, Claude has at times exhibited an undesirable behavior—providing overly short or sparse responses that fail to satisfy the depth or … Read more

When Automatic Plugin Updates Paused Mid-Install and Security Plugin Auto-Repair Put Site Into Maintenance Mode — the Emergency Recovery Steps I Followed

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Imagine waking up to an urgent notification from your website monitoring tool—your beloved WordPress site has gone into maintenance mode and refuses to load properly. What started as a routine plugin update had spiraled into an unexpected nightmare. Even worse, your trusted security plugin recognized inconsistencies during the update and triggered an auto-repair protocol, plunging … Read more

When Midjourney webhooks stopped firing for completed jobs and the missing_signature 401 problem that I solved with a verified callback endpoint

Midjourney is amazing. It lets you generate wild, beautiful AI images with just a prompt. And if you’re a developer like me, you can use their API to automate these jobs and fire webhooks when they’re done. It’s magical — until it stops working. That’s exactly what happened to me. TL;DR One day, Midjourney’s webhook … Read more

How 400+ WordPress Subdomain Sites Got Infected with Auto‑Generated Malware and the Read‑Only File System Approach That Stopped the Recurrence

In early 2024, a large-scale security incident sent shockwaves through the web development community when over 400 WordPress subdomain websites were discovered to be compromised with auto-generated malware. These infections not only disrupted the operations of the affected sites but also posed significant security risks to their users. The malware was able to propagate quickly … Read more

Is BetterDiscord Safe to Use? Full Explanation

Discord has become a go-to platform for gamers, communities, and even businesses to communicate through text, voice, and video. While its interface is sleek and user-friendly, some users want more customization options. That’s where BetterDiscord comes into play — a popular third-party modification that enables added themes, plugins, and tweaks. But the real question users … Read more