AI sex toys: China’s cautious embrace

SHANGHAI – Erotic chatbots, video-synced and voice-activated devices mesmerised visitors at a sex toy expo in Shanghai this weekend, as China’s adult product firms join the global AI craze. China is the world’s largest producer of sex toys, and the country’s entrepreneurs have fully embraced AI tools in other sectors. Though some businesses at the trade show said they were wary of legal risks posed by machine-generated sexual content, others were keen to advertise their enhanced wares. Banners scattered across the large exhibition hall advertised a Guangzhou-based company’s “AI character dating” Luvmazer app, which turns conversations with virtual partners into…