I do appreciate your response. What I guess bugs me even more than this new model, though, is lack of communication from (at)perchance. No announcement for the new model, no warning. This post-factum clarification is fine, I think, but it doesn’t feel enough. I’m not saying that they must pander to any whim, but with such backlash (here, reddit, etc.), some more direct kind of response is expected.

And same question for the text generating model, as I know (at)perchance mentioned wanting to upgrade it next… Damn, updates should cause excitement, not anxiety! What’s wrong with me?

For me, the new image model just doesn’t work at all, even wait times are horrible. And the result is unfortunately not worth that wait to me.

Does anyone know what was used as the old model? I would love to be able to continue using that in any way.

Has been happening to me as well. I’ve noticed that, if you repeatedly tap on the field while it’s verifying, it verifies you much quicker. Maybe it’s a placebo though lol