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INTEREST: Naver Webtoon's AI-Based Character Chat Surpasses 100 Million Messages




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The_Outsider



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:38 am Reply with quote
Ah, so they're not only exploiting parasocial relationships, now they're charging for it. And the free messages are totally a predatory way to hook in people with poor impulse control, disgusting.
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Dropout Boy



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:08 am Reply with quote
I wonder how limited they made it. I assume you can't ask the characters questions about sensitive topics like politics.. that could be fun
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K99yiu





PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:09 am Reply with quote
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NAVER WEBTOON's AI-powered service ‘Character Chat’ has exceeded 100 million messages exchanged as of one year after its launch. The feature allows users to engage in real-time conversations with popular WEBTOON characters and has proven especially popular among teens and young adults.


They can used that 100 million messages they received from their users and used their data to trained the AI again. Laughing
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Hopeless Weeb



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:13 am Reply with quote
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psh_fun



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PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:32 pm Reply with quote
I guess this like the old days when people would roleplay as characters on Tumblr and do "Asks"? Only it's official?

Could be interesting, I guess but it's not available in the US? That's a bummer.
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Andrew Wonderful



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 29, 2025 7:41 am Reply with quote
The_Outsider wrote:
Ah, so they're not only exploiting parasocial relationships, now they're charging for it. And the free messages are totally a predatory way to hook in people with poor impulse control, disgusting.


I don't see this as any different than voice actors who claim that they are the characters they voice to fans and charge money to meet them at conventions or do paid videos for fans on websites like Cameo. That's a parasocial and predatory practice that seems pretty normalized and accepted already.
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