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# Asexual Users Turn to AI Chatbots for Emotional Intimacy
- URL: https://adjacent.media/signals/asexual-users-turn-to-ai-chatbots-for-emotional-intimacy/
- Published: 2026-05-24T16:12:27.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-24T16:12:27.000Z
- Description: A subset of asexual and demisexual consumers are deploying AI chatbots for romantic roleplay and emotional connection—creating demand for a niche product category that separates intimacy from sexuality.
- Author: Jonathan Greene
- Tags: #signal, theme-consumer, attention economy, creator economy, privacy

Source: [WIRED Daily](https://www.wired.com/story/some-asexual-people-are-using-ai-companions-for-intimacy-without-the-sex?ref=adjacent.media)

A subset of asexual and demisexual consumers are deploying AI chatbots for romantic roleplay and emotional connection—creating demand for a niche product category that separates intimacy from sexuality. The distinction matters because it exposes both a genuine unmet need (intimacy without sex has limited consumer options) and friction within asexual communities themselves, where some advocates worry the trend conflates asexuality with technology dependency or reinforces isolation over human connection. Companies building for intimacy rather than explicit content now have a defensible market argument beyond the sex-bot category.