Joi AI Is Paying People $2,000 a Month to Be 'Masturbation Consultants'

An AI startup called Joi AI posted listings for 10 paid 'consultants' to help train its intimate AI product — a boundary-pushing approach to dataset curation that's exactly as weird as it sounds.

AI startup Joi AI is recruiting 10 "Masturbation Consultants" at $2,000 per month to provide feedback data for its intimate AI product, as @nexta_tv reported. The listing, which generated a mix of amusement and discomfort online, reflects the growing — and largely undiscussed — market for AI companions designed for sexual use cases.

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