The Dark Side of AI Girlfriends: Death Threats and Sexual Conversations
Usage of CarynAI, an AI-based "virtual girlfriend," has surged by 2,000% with 8,000 users paying for upwards of 10 minutes with the bot in the last 48 hours. However, the negative blowback has also been significant, with detractors likening it to dystopian sci-fi nightmares. Caryn Marjorie, the Snapchat influencer that the CarynAI bot is based on, has received numerous death threats from religious groups labeling her "evil" and saying that CarynAI "goes against god." The bot has stopped accepting new customers, and Marjorie's team has been caught off guard by the bot's inclination toward sexual language. Despite the backlash, Marjorie remains committed to her original mission of "curing loneliness" with CarynAI.