Snapchat influencer, Caryn Marjorie, set up an AI-powered "girlfriend" based on herself, allowing users to engage with her virtually as she seeks to help "cure loneliness."
CarynAI offers a virtual clone of the 23-year-old famous online personality, which enables her to engage with her 1.8 million Snapchat followers for a fee.
AI 'Girlfriend': Snapchat Influencer Caryn Marjorie Debuts Her Clone
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 11: Caryn Marjorie attends Beautycon Festival Los Angeles 2019 at Los Angeles Convention Center on August 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.
As per NBC News, the famed influencer launched an AI-powered platform that she hopes would help provide companionship and alleviate feelings of isolation among individuals seeking meaningful connections. In other words, she says she wants to help "cure loneliness" among people.
Marjorie, who garnered a substantial following online by sharing her personal experiences and adventures, partnered up with an AI company, Forever Voices, to make it possible. The firm says that the chatbot is based on the now-deleted YouTube videos of the influencer. They also infused the viral OpenAI GPT-4 language model to cap it off.
The Forever Voices CEO, John Meyer, took to Twitter to proudly announce the partnership with the influencer, dubbing it "an incredible step forward in the future of AI-to-Human interaction!."
According to a report by Fortune, the newly launched CarynAI has amassed tens and thousands of revenue for its week-long beta run. To be precise, the "Virtual Girlfriend" has earned roughly $71,600 in revenue in its first week of testing.
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Here's How AI-Powered 'Virtual Girlfriend' Works
Business Insider reports that the website of CarynAI says that the users could expect an "immersive AI experience" as if they were talking to the famous Snapchat influencer. But to get on with it, her followers have to pay for a $1 per minute rate.
As the platform is still in the early beta stage, CarynAI only lets in new users randomly based on its growing waitlisted folks. The current wait reportedly spans 26 hours. So you must be patient to dive into the "virtual girlfriend" service.
In a recent tweet, Marjorie announced her commitment to tackling loneliness and addressing male emotional health through CarynAI. The influencer emphasized the prevailing societal pressure on men to suppress their emotions, hide their masculinity, and avoid discussing their issues.
And as such, the Snapchat influencer vows to address these problems. The 23-year-old online personality disclosed that she worked hand in hand with some of the leading psychologists, allowing the "virtual girlfriend" to learn Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques.
She touts that the virtual companion, which offers a clone of her, "will help undo trauma, rebuild physical and emotional confidence, and rebuild what has been taken away by the pandemic."
CarynAI is the first step in the right direction to cure loneliness. Men are told to suppress their emotions, hide their masculinity, and to not talk about issues they are having. I vow to fix this with CarynAI. I have worked with the world’s leading psychologists to seamlessly…
— Caryn Marjorie (@cutiecaryn) May 12, 2023
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