There has been a tremendous surge in the popularity of robotic girlfriends, with manufacturers upgrading their AI-empowered sex dolls to boost their human-like responses, threatening to supplant human intimacy.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that AI-Tech has launched a new futuristic sex robot equipped with “full artificial intelligence”. The China-based company even claims its dolls can replace human intimacy.

The high-tech enterprise located in Shenzhen, China, says its flagship model, Emma, can provide its owner with a wide range of services and hold its own in an interactive conversation. As the AI girlfriends have an in-built learning ability, they absorb and store information before applying it to their behaviour, and evolving into tailor-made girlfriends. The doll’s automated head can turn at the neck, make facial expressions, and even blink.