The adult sex toy industry is certainly becoming more tech-orientated and we’ve seen numerous products like app-connected vibrators launch in the recent past.
Now though, Singapore-based Lovense has moved things up a gear with the debut of a life-size AI-assisted ‘companion doll’ called Emily. The company has long experimented with connected tech and games, even launching a Bluetooth adapter back in 2018 so devices could be connected to Windows PCs. It even introduced a solution to be used with Apple Vision Pro in 2024.
Revealed at CES 2026 earlier this month, the Lovense AI Doll is as yet unpriced with no release date, but it seems set to cost several thousand dollars. There is a waitlist on the website where you can specify height, skin tone, hair and makeup style and more. Reserving one will cost you an initial $200/£160.
The has its own built-in AI engine, apparently developed in house. This delivers “human-like cognition, emotional awareness and expressive behavior” according to the company. We’re not sure about the “rich facial expression” – as you can see for yourself it edges far into the Uncanny Valley.
The company claims in its promotional video (it’s age-restricted on YouTube) that dolls like this could be a solution to loneliness and isolation – even suggesting it could boost the ability for users to make better real-world associations – and that the bond between the owner and doll will become stronger as the robot adapts to the users’ preferences.
Sex robots aren’t new – check out this 2017 article from The Guardian – but the addition of AI is a relatively new development – though Lovense did start to use ChatGPT in 2023 to generate intimate stories based on your preferences. Conversations can be recalled and you can even send it messages using the app.
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are on board for connection to the Lovense app, while battery life is around eight hours on standby or 3 hours of use. It’s powered by three 3500 mAh removable batteries.
The doll has a poseable skeleton just like other dolls, but the head is different, with the ability for it to make facial expressions and for the mouth to move – but from what we’ve seen the effect of this is a little underwhelming.
One less-than-ideal aspect is that owners of connected sex tech have reported issues around data security – and this has involved Lovense.
Engadget reported back in 2017 how one Reddit user reported that Lovense’s Android remote control app recorded audio of an intimate moment and saved it to the phone without permission and there were other problems during 2025 with email address leaks and the potential for accounts to be taken over.
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