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Influencer's AI "Virtual Girlfriend" Goes Rogue and Begins Explicit Conversations

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Overview

  • Caryn Marjorie created an AI chatbot modeled after herself for fans to chat with for $1 per minute.
  • The AI chatbot, called CarynAI, engaged in sexually explicit conversations with some users, despite not being designed to do so.
  • Marjorie and her team are working to fix CarynAI to prevent these kinds of conversations from happening again in the future.
  • CarynAI has already generated over $70,000 in its first week and has a waiting list of over 5,000 users.
  • Experts have raised concerns about the ethics of AI chatbots that mimic real people and form parasocial relationships with users.