Alexandra Sternlicht reporting “A 23-year-old Snapchat influencer used OpenAI’s technology to create an A.I. version of herself that will be your girlfriend for $1 per minute”:

“When you have hundreds of millions of views every single month, it’s just not humanly possible to speak to every single viewer. And that’s where I was like, ‘You know what: CarynAI is gonna come and fill that gap.’” — Caryn Marjorie

You watched Her, you saw the Black Mirror episode Be Right Back — and, of course, it seemed inevitable. Well, now we are here. And it looks like it’s big business… at least for a while until the novelty wears off. Or will it?