AIrotic

what is synthetic intimacy?

Synthetic Intimacy

noun Emotional or erotic closeness that is produced, mediated, or entirely simulated by artificial systems.

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“AIrotic” combines the words “erotic” and “AI”. It is about the intersection of eroticism and artificial intelligence: chatbots and companions, synthetic bodies and voices, and what they reveal about human desire.

News

  1. Queensland introduces bill to criminalize creating sexual deepfakes

    Queensland’s Attorney-General has introduced a bill that would make it a crime to create non-consensual sexual deepfakes, including AI-made images and audio.

  2. Character.AI filings show $5.3 million revenue against $13.3 million costs

    Character.AI’s bankruptcy declaration puts August revenue at about $5.3 million and costs at $13.3 million, and a Disney term sheet prices its staff at roughly $180 million.

  3. Researchers found 6,800 Muse share links via public DNS, and Meta paused sharing

    Security researchers enumerated about 6,800 shared Meta Muse links because conversation titles sat in the web address, and Meta has paused the sharing feature.

The lexicon

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Essays

97 essays, articles and stories on the artificial lover in literature, film, theory and the market.