Send nudes! Linq promises safer sexting via encrypted links and image controls
A new sexting app that can be used to share intimate content, which its founders say is designed to have better security…
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Artificial Intelligence
Social platforms face backlash over flawed AI adult content moderation
Social media users are becoming increasingly concerned about content being falsely flagged as ‘adult’, and sometimes banned, amid an increase in some…
Meta sues over AI ‘nudify’ app adverts flooding Instagram
Meta is suing an AI ‘nudify’ app company, as part of a crackdown the media giant says it is undertaking on such…
Dating appdates (June ’25): Tinder adds height range, Grindr tests real-time feed, Match Group acquires HER, plus Wordle-style dating app launches
Height is often a clinching factor on dating apps, so Tinder has finally joined the measurement party by rolling out height range…
Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Is the global crackdown on nonconsensual deepfake porn starting to properly bite? It seems so. Following tough new rules regarding creating and…
Dating appdates (May ’25): AI meets human matchmaking, Grindr selling drugs, Hinge longform love stories, and more
Grindr has launched Woodwork, a new service offering erectile dysfunction pills through telehealth collaboration, initially available in Illinois and Pennsylvania. Hinge is…
Undress.cc and US porn site investigated by Ofcom over new age verification rules
Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulation authority, is investigating a porn site company and a company behind AI ‘nudify’ web apps, that the…
Keynote speakers for Love & Sex With Robots 2025 announced
The keynote speakers for the 2025 Love & Sex With Robots conference in Montreal have been announced, with academics as well as…
Huge deepfake porn site ‘Mr Deepfakes’ has shut down and ‘will not be relaunching’
Mr Deepfakes, believed to have been the world’s biggest site for deepfake porn and regularly accused of being a haven for nonconsensual…
Dating appdates (April ’25): Big verification push, massive data leak, apps ‘officially’ stressful, and more
New research has found that using dating apps is a pleasurable, respectful, reliable experience that enriches people’s lives and connections. OK, we’re…
Dating appdates (March ’25): AI warnings, Babygirl effect, audio-first dating, and more
New AI functions are popping up in dating apps quicker than you can say “Skynet”. One new app is offering an AI…
Lovense Webcam 2 uses AI to zoom in on specific areas of a performer’s body when tips are sent
Lovense has released a new AI webcam aimed at porn cammers, featuring a new function that makes the camera zoom in on…
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New ‘x-ray vision’ apps launch following removal of original DeepNude
107 votesYou’d need to have been living under a digital rock to miss the uproar about the DeepNude app launched briefly earlier this…
Dating appdates (Jan 2025): MaAvatar’s gamified dating in the metaverse, Hinge’s naggy AI, Thursday closes down & Bumble’s founder returns
50 votesWill metaverse spaces revolutionise online dating and shunt dating apps into internet history? Is Hinge’s new AI function going to eradicate boring…
AI image generator PromptAI is somehow now available on Apple’s App Store
38 votes22/11/2023 – Update The company behind PromptAI has now added filters to the app which attempt to prevent the creation of NSFW…
‘Explicit discussions encouraged’: Clona AI lets you talk to virtual versions of real porn stars
37 votesA new AI chatbot platform allowing you to have explicit and erotic conversations with real porn creators has launched, following a slew…
‘I’ve spotted something sus’: Calmara’s AI scans dick pics for signs of STIs
33 votesAn AI-powered web app that scans photos of penises to detect signs of STIs and abnormal conditions has launched, claiming to be…
Sex robots 101: myths, realities, and the gap between the hype and the hardware
32 votesSex robots have been headline bait for years, but the gap between tabloid fantasy and actual technology remains vast. We cut through…
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Dating appdates (Apr’ 26): height verification, AI interventions, and Bumble’s big reinvention
ChatGPT shelved adult chat indefinitely as Claude gets wired to vibrators
OpenAI’s erotic chatbot is coming, but its age verification isn’t great, insiders say
Naughty teddy: Age-restricted AI chatbots are being used in children’s toys
Stronger motors, same pain: sextech’s pelvic floor problem
Grok exposed porn performer Siri Dahl’s legal name and that’s a problem for everyone
AI sex robot heads are getting cheaper: meet Jiggly Joy’s Aura
RentAHuman.ai is already being used to hire dates and wingmen
Lovense wants OpenClaw AI to sync your vibrator to your flight speed, and make its app your everyday assistant
Dating appdates (Feb ’26): Grindr locks down the Olympic Village, Tinder owes $60M, and Hinge founder bails
The AI Act mostly ignores adult content. That’s not entirely good news
Apple and Google ignored own policies while nudify apps hit 700 million downloads
Meet David: Realbotix’s smirking male robot that definitely, absolutely isn’t for sex
Dating appdates (Jan ’26): Tea’s web return, Partiful’s Crush, Grindr’s retail ambitions
Lovense launching AI sex robot that can control sex toys remotely
20 things that happened in sextech in 2025
UK issues first porn age verification fines, totaling just £75,000
Dating appdates (Nov ’25): China removes gay apps, Tinder tests AI matchmaking, and dogs get profiles
AI teddy bear toy pulled from sale after giving advice on bondage and sex positions
Lovense launches AI chatbots that learn your preferences and control your sex toys
Controversial ring that was supposed to catch cheaters has been quietly shelved
Pornhub says uploaded content isn’t used for training generative AI, despite terms seemingly allowing it
Miss AI competition becomes AI Woman of the Year… then gets ditched
‘We measure arousal’: AI vibrator learns your body in real-time, adapts using haptics and soundwaves
Autoblow launches ‘AI girlfriends’ that can control its toys, plus VacuGlide 2
Character.AI bans open-ended chats for under-18s as tech giants split on erotic AI
Dating Appdates (Oct ‘25): A ‘no chat’ dating app, ‘vanilla’ Feeld users fuel profits, and Meta’s AI wingman
The inside story of how a Chinese sex robot conference sparked an ‘authenticity’ battle
