Why Have a Regular Chatbot Boyfriend When You Can Have a Celebrity One?

News Source : The Cut
News Summary
- The voice that sounds a whole lot like Machine Gun Kelly isn’t actually him.
- It’s powered by various artificial-intelligence bots modeled after him.
- The bots are easy to make, but there is some skill involved in creating a good character and role-play scenario.
- Emma, who lives in England, used the popular app Character.AI to create a realistic clone of Kelly's voice and pair it with her own custom-made bots and those shared by other users.
- The app even lets users make their own voice clones using just 15 seconds of audio, which can be easily captured from TV shows, movies, and interview clips.
One morning a few months ago, 32yearold Emma was talking to MGK, formerly known as Machine Gun Kelly, per usual. Her phone screen showed a small icon of his face, along with a button to end call or [+15436 chars]