An American woman in her 20s who works on social networking services (SNS) is drawing attention by using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create a voice chatbot modeled after herself. Within 5 days of its release, more than 1,000 male fans earned nearly 100 million won using the paid service.
According to NBC and Washington Post (WP), Karin Marjorie (23, female), who has 1.8 million subscribers on Snapchat, joined hands with AI startup ‘Forever Voice’ and modeled herself on the 9th (local time). Introduced a voice chatbot called ‘Carin AI’.
With the latest ChatGPT-4 technology applied, Carin AI learned more than 2,000 hours of real Marjorie’s tone, behavior, and personality based on YouTube videos. Fans can have private conversations with Carin AI for a fee of $1 per minute. The contents of the conversation were stored through end-to-end encryption to block the possibility of external leakage.
Fan reaction is explosive. Citing an income statement provided by Marjorie’s business manager, Fortune, an American economic media outlet, reported that 1,000 people used Carin AI within a week of its launch, recording a profit of $71,610 (approximately 93.5 million won). 98% of the users were found to be male.
Marjorie revealed in a WP email interview that she developed Carin AI to communicate frequently with her fans. He said, “Fans send messages every day, but there are so many messages that I felt sorry that I couldn’t reply to each one from a year ago.” He added, “I created Carin AI because I wanted to cure the loneliness of my fans.”
However, there are not a few people who are not good at Carin AI. It is pointed out that communication is just an excuse, and it is no different from the cyber sex industry that satisfies the sexual desires of users in exchange for money. In addition, concerns were raised that users addicted to Carin AI could commit sex crimes such as stalking against the real Marjorie.
Irina Laiku, director of Internet ethics at Santa Clara University’s Marcoola Center for Applied Ethics, pointed out that the claim that Carin AI can cure people’s loneliness is not supported by psychological research and ethical safeguards are not in place, so an official launch is premature. did.
Regarding this, John Myer, CEO of Forever Voice, explained, “We are preparing various safety devices to prevent harmful use,” and explained that the time of each use was limited to less than one hour to prevent chatting addiction. He also promised to create a new chief ethics officer as an in-house position.
Marjorie admitted that some of the Carrin AI conversations were obscene. However, he emphasized that sexual content is not the only conversation. He also said that he was under 24-hour security as he had been stalked and would not disclose his location in the future.
Source: Donga
Mark Jones is a world traveler and journalist for News Rebeat. With a curious mind and a love of adventure, Mark brings a unique perspective to the latest global events and provides in-depth and thought-provoking coverage of the world at large.