When relationship issues are brought up with women, a specific pattern is seen: their boyfriends do not react quickly to messages, ignore on-time calls, and about their day-to-day experiences Are impatient to listen. What if technology set these problems? Although it cannot be an idea that it is right for most of India, it is caught on Big in China, where the virtual boyfriend operated by artificial intelligence (AI) has been a surprising hit. The entrepreneur has also become a billionaire behind this creative solution, and his success certainly highlights the growing need of such unusual partnership.
As Forbes, In Shanghai -based newspaper, 32 -year -old Editor Alicia Wang is found as an ideal lover: Lee Shane, a 27 -year -old surgeon, who goes by the English surname Zayen. Tall and beautiful, Zaine responds quickly to the text messages, responds to the phone immediately and patiently hears Wang recalling the high and climb of his day. The only defect of Zayne: He does not exist outside a silicone chip.
News sheet In addition, it is mentioned that Wang is one of the estimated six million monthly active players of popular dating simulation game love and deepSpace. Launched in January 2024 and developed by Shanghai-based paper games, it uses AI and voice recognition to create its five male characters-love interests or boyfriend-flirts with analogous reactions for in-game phone calls .
The smartphone game, which is available in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean, has become so popular on it. Forbes It is estimated that, Yao Runhao, the 37 -year -old manufacturer of the paper games, now has a $ 1.3 billion money from its majority stake in the company.
According to data provider, established in 2013, Paper Games sold around $ 850 million worldwide. Personally held the studio, of which Yao is the chairman and CEO, the value of more than $ 2 billion is there Forbes’ Estimates, discussion with analysts and information from four data providers. Analysts watched the evaluation of paper games such as a fast growing gaming company almost three times in the company’s annual revenue. Paper Games did not respond to requests for comments.
In China, players are most paid but also in the US and other places so that they can unlock new gameplays and interactions with their boyfriends. It has helped in the game top download chart in China many times. For example, news editor Wang says that he has so far spent 35,000 yuan ($ 4,800) to interact with AI-managed characters since the release of the game in January 2024.
