One Class of AI Startups That Can Thrive Without Funding: Porn Chatbots

Sex sells, and sex created by artificial intelligence is no exception.

While many generative AI startups have struggled to manage the exploding costs of AI and retain their customers, AI-powered romantic chatbots haven’t had much trouble attracting and keeping their users. Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022, a thriving ecosystem has emerged, ranging from relatively tame AI “companions” to pornographic chatbots accompanied with explicit pictures. Many of these companies have entire subreddits with tens of thousands of users …

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