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A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over


Impersonators for OnlyFans models said their sales quotas are soaring, and once AI improves, they could be out of work.

Using AI, management companies that represent models can generate photos of them in poses requested by subscribers, without any human involvement whatsoever, Kunal Anand, CEO of Venus Tech and creator of the Chatpersona chatbot, told Rest of World. Workers described a workflow on Discord, where a team leader orchestrates the interaction like a scripted performance, cueing chatters to respond in sequence — teasing, flirting, and emotionally baiting until it peaks in a high-ticket sale. The transactional sexual exchanges can make real-world relationships difficult to sustain for chatters, Kristine Faith Moral, a psychologist at Ateneo de Manila University, told Rest of World.

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