May 14, 2019 |
YouPorn Introduces Jedy Vales, Adult’s First Virtual Influencer |
Something fascinating is happening in social media. After years of millennials driving the public conversation as social media influencers, companies have taken to creating their own artificial intelligence-driven, CGI virtual influencers. For instance, Miquela Sousa (aka Lil Miquela) is a fictional character and digital art project. She’s described/characterized as an Instagram model — and she has a legitimately significant Instagram following of 1.5 million — and music artist from Downey, CA. Other virtual influencers include Liam Nikuro, Laila Blue, Imma and Koffi Gram, all of who are showing that one does not need to be human to be a star on social media. YouPorn recently jumped on the virtual influencers bandwagon via its newest brand ambassador, Jedy Vales. Vales is a âsentient robotâ who can interact with social media users. Created by virtual reality company Camasutra VR, Vales is the company’s latest attempt to break through on social media. “As a leader in the adult entertainment industry, weâve struggled to find a proper way to interact and share with our users through means like Twitter and Instagram, where we get shadow banned or our accounts are deleted,” YouPorn chairman Charlie Hughes said via EveningStandard. “With Jedy, not only are we able to put a new face to our brand, we are now able to have intimate interactions with our users in a totally new way. In our eyes, Jedy is also seen as an important early step in the next phase of technology working with humans, instead of working to replace humans and human sexuality,” Hughes continued. Vales would offer âintimateâ posts to users. While it is unclear what any of this means, EveningStandard reported that the influencer told followers in her first Instagram video post, âI know that many of YouPornâs users are also huge fans and users of social media. Well, me too! Thatâs why Iâm so excited to join the team and share my digital experience with the community.â âItâs fun to share information about my favorite porn site and little peeks into my life with the YouPorn community,” Vales continued. “I am looking forward to becoming their go-to source for providing fun and entertaining updates while being an active part of the future of porn!â Another of her posts asks, âWill your str8 boyfriend jerk off to Jedy Vales soon?â Editor’s note: Embedded below is Vales’ first Instagram video post, though it does not seem to say what EveningStandard reported. Maybe they were thinking of something said in a now-expired Stories post? Either way… |