‘She’s Never Going to Age’: Porn Stars Are Embracing AI Clones to Stay Forever Young
Photo-illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty Images Save this story Save this story Lisa Ann technically quit the porn business in 2019, but for $30 a month you can now generate any X-rated scenario of her on your computer .
Ann, 53, was an adult performer for three decades starting in the mid 1990s and retired because she had reached her savings goal.
But last year she had a change of heart.
Ann, who considers herself an AI fanatic, signed a contract with OhChat, a London-based AI companion company , to license her likeness on its platform, essentially creating an AI version of her in every way that can be used to make sex scenes for paying customers: same voice, same physique, and same pillowy brown hair.
As issues around deepfakes intensify and questions about the future of the adult industry become more dire with the passing of age-verification laws , several AI companion platforms want to create a new standard for consent-driven AI porn.
More than sexting a faceless chatbot , digital twins—also called duplicates, doubles, clones, or replicas—draw on the exact likeness, including speech and mannerisms, of your favorite performers and creators.
Ann, now a self-help author and sports radio host, represents a growing faction in adult entertainment who not only believe AI is going to reshape the sex industry but who want a say in how that change materializes.
She sees the decision to partner with OhChat as a way to tap into a fountain of youth—and stay at her peak forever.
“This keeps my name alive,” she says of her digital twin.
“She’s never going to age.” Cherie Deville, a 47-year-old performer known for shooting MILF content, says digital twins are just a smart business strategy to earn passive income while the opportunity is hot.
“We can either let the makers of AI take the lion’s share of the money in the sex-work space, or creators and businesses can get on board and start creating their own revenue sources through AI.” OhChat creators, who must submit 30 images and undergo voice training with a bot, sign an agreement stating the level of sexual content allowed for their digital twin.
Ann is considered a “Level 4”—the highest on the platform—which means paying members can create scenarios and chats of her that include full nudity and sex.
Per the company’s guidelines, clones can be deleted at any time.
“For guys that like to say good morning or good night, they now have that access.
The fact that I'm not shooting scenes anymore also allows new scenes to be created,” Ann says.
