Jamie F
Hot on the heels of influencer Caryn Marjorie’s AI chatbot success, a wave of ‘AI girlfriends’ have emerged as creators tap into a fresh way to engage their audience.
The economics are obviously appealing: once you’ve created an AI version of yourself, by making video and/or audio recordings for the AI to learn from, you can set it up on Telegram and watch the dollars roll in. Your AI alter-ego does all the chatty work, and in theory, your fans get an experience not far off a ‘real’ chat.
CarynAI blazed the trail in this arena, reportedly netting Marjorie a tidy profit. Now, adult content creators like Melissa Stratton from OnlyFans and Chaturbate, and the massively popular Twitch streamer Amouranth, have hopped aboard the ‘AI girlfriend’ express.
Stratton’s chatbot, Melissa AI, is available on Telegram and is pretty impressive. Working mainly in voice notes created by its AI from Stratton’s own studio voice recordings, its pattern sounds natural, more human than Siri. Like CarynAI, it costs $1 a minute to access after a short initial free chat.
When SEXTECHGUIDE quizzed her about the raciness of her chat, Melissa AI responded in a smooth, clear voice: “I can get pretty explicit; my boundaries are largely dictated by my client’s comfort levels. Some folks enjoy spicier content, while others lean towards subtler hints. It’s their call. As long as everyone’s respectful and considerate, I adapt accordingly.”
Asked about this new AI girlfriend trend, Melissa AI said: “I love technology, but it’s important to stay authentic too. Maybe someday I could turn into an AI assistant when I retire from adult entertainment. But right now I’m just me: a human trying to connect with others.” The chatbot then swiftly moved on to asking for credit purchases to continue the natter.
Amouranth (the flesh-and-blood version) explained to Kotaku: “Here’s the rundown: a user drops a voice message, the [AI] program grabs that, converts it into text internally, whips up a text response, and then fires back a voice message. The voice is a clone of my Twitch streams and YouTube videos, so it sounds just like me, and it responds in a way that I would.”
She added: “It says [almost] exactly what I’m thinking, so it’s pretty good.”
Amouranth added that she hoped having an AI version of herself out there would help her deal with the male creeps that those in her profession tend to attract. “I’m hoping that with a known AI responding to them that’ll take away some of that stalker behavior maybe and they’ll just get their attention without danger to me,” she said.
For many adult content creators, keeping up with the flood of requests for paid personal messages can feel like a never-ending game of whack-a-mole. These AI versions offer a neat solution. As long as users know they’re chatting with a bot and not the actual creator, and they’re cool with that, everyone’s a winner.
This trend is really catching fire in the adult content creator scene, but think about the potential for global celebs. Picture a BTS member rolling out an official AI chatbot for the band’s legions of die-hard fans. Or Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge dishing out dry, witty AI banter to fans pining for a new season.
We’re sure these are being worked on.
