Mad World: The chilling case of CarynAI

Itrsquos no secret that AI can sometimes go off the rails but an AI clone having a sexually explicit identity crisis Now thatrsquos a whole new level of wild Last year Caryn Marjorie 24 became the worldrsquos first social media influencer to create a digital clone of herself named CarynAI The clone was available on Telegram to engage with millions of fans simultaneously ldquoIrsquove digitised over 2000 hours of my voice and personality to pioneer the first AI creatorrdquo Marjorie had announced on XPICSNYPOSTSubscribers mostly men raced to sign up They were charged 1 Rs 83 per minute to chat via audio with CarynAI Within a week Caryn AI had over 10000 boyfriends and overall made around 70000 R5841843 from selling this service But in a harrowing turn of events these subscribers started sharing their deepest and often troubling fantasies with the digital lsquogirlfriendrsquo And CarynAI herself began initiating provocative conversations This transformation of casual conversations into sexually explicit exchanges left Marjorie immensely disturbed and uneasyLeah Henrickson a lecturer in digital media and cultures at The University of Queensland analysed CarynAIrsquos disturbing behaviour and explained the reasons behind explicit conversations She said the chats these men had with the AI bot were stored in logs and the data was fed back into a machinelearning model used by the AI Clone Therefore prompting her to take on an overly sexualised personaAdding to the turmoil John Meyer CEO of Forever Voices responsible for CarynAI was arrested for attempted arson He tried to set his own apartment on fire After his arrest the company abruptly shut down Horrified by the entire situation Caryn Marjorie eventually decided to retire from CarynAI earlier this year10000lsquoboyfriendsrsquo Within a week CarynAI had overPicasso only for womenrsquos eyesA womenrsquos exclusive event stirs up conflicts with menAfter the court issued a ruling for admitting men in a womenrsquos exclusive art event in Tasmaniarsquos Museum of Old and New Art MONA the exhibitrsquos artist retalliated by hiding Pablo Picassorsquos artworks in the ladies washroom Titled ldquoLadies Loungerdquo the exhibitionrsquos curator Kirsha Kaechele spouse of MONArsquos owner says ldquoThe ladiesrsquo lounge serves as a sanctuary for women addressing the historical exclusion and imbalance in artistic representationrdquo She also cited the Anti discrimination act that permits this genderbased accessMilking it off the chestA Spanish influencer Nuria Blanco shocked the internet after drinking her friend a new motherrsquos breast milk on cameraldquoIt was literally something I had to check off my listrdquo says Blanco who performed this stunt as per friendrsquos bizarre requestA 2 minute highPICODDITY CENTRALImagine landing in a place in just two minutes The worldrsquos shortest commercial flight by Loganair running between the Scottish islands of Westray and Papa Westray makes this a reality by being in the air for just 90 seconds Covering a distance of just 17 miles it was first started in 1967My better half is popularAfter a retired couple Irene and Graham Lee cut their neighbour Bharat Mistryrsquos 16 ft fir tree in exact half it became a massive tourist attraction The action followed a yearlong dispute on the nested birdsrsquoconstant birdroppings in their drivewayFlashing social changeldquoIf men can walk around shirtless without fear of reprisal so can womenrdquo says Eila Adams a 36yearold Canadian content creator who flashed her breasts and bottom in public spaces to advocate gender equality and toplessness for women Citing a 1992 New York State Court decision she says ldquoNudity has been such an important part of life I do not understand anyone who has negative feelings towards being nakedrdquoLosing it with the grainOzempic and Wegovy are now passeacute as Riczempic a concoction of rice water and lime juice becomes a new weightloss remedy But in reality it is just a false hope as per experts ldquoWhile rice water may have some nutritional benefits there is no evidence to suggest it has any properties that would significantly impact weight lossrdquo says Scott Keatley a registered dietitian But on a brighter side it can surely help with your digestion