Chinese sex doll maker sees jump in 2025 sales as AI boosts adult toys' user experience
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Feedback received by WMDoll has been generally good after integrating large language models (LLMs) – the technology underpinning
generative AI services like
ChatGPT – into its new anthropomorphic sex toys, according to founder and chief executive Liu Jiangxia.
'It makes the dolls more responsive and interactive, which offers users a better experience,' Liu said in a recent interview with the South China Morning Post.
WMDoll – based in Zhongshan, a city in southern Guangdong province – embeds the company's latest MetaBox series with an AI module, which is connected to cloud computing services hosted on
data centres across various markets where the LLMs process the information from each toy.
According to the company, it has adopted several open-source LLMs, including
Meta Platforms ' Llama AI models, which can be fine-tuned and deployed anywhere.
Sex dolls' heads are sorted at an assembly line inside WMDoll's factory in Zhongshan. Photo: Thomas Yau
The next-generation sex dolls – which are still supported by a metal skeleton and have either a silicone or thermoplastic elastomer exterior – reflect this industry's open-minded approach to innovation to improve customer satisfaction. By comparison, traditional sex dolls are limited to simple responses and lack the expressive capabilities needed to engage with a human.
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