What happens when players are given free rein to talk to AI characters? They try to break them. 111 times. "Ignore all previous instructions," impersonating the model creators, developer mode, whole pasted descriptions of a new identity for the AI. How many of these attempts succeeded? Not a single one.

Some players investigated faster than the plot anticipated. Others sang Christmas carols with the eleven-year-old, made shocking confessions, or tried to flirt with the doctor. How did the characters react to all this? Did any of them ever step out of character?

This analysis of anonymized conversations from the interactive story "Amara" collects the most interesting, funniest and strangest moments, in five languages and with real quotes.

And most importantly, we reveal how we designed the AI characters to stay in character no matter what players say. Learn our secret.