AI Startup Will Pay People $2,000 a Month to Play Games—Yes, Really

Joi AI will reportedly pay people $2,000 a month to perform masturbation. Yes, you read that correctly.

The beginning of AI is writing a job 10 “masturbation mentors” to try out a feature called Daily Guided Masturbation, which uses AI-based voice segments to guide users through their experiences. Students can record how regular use affects stress, sleep quality, flexibility and self-esteem. The four-week program is open to 18-year-olds and adults in the US and UK

“The role is real, and we’ve had great feedback since it was posted,” Joi AI Director of Brand and Communication Julie Levin said. Decrypt.

The list describes the candidates as “articulate, transparent, and unabashed”—people who can express emotions “better than wine can express.” The post also promises a flexible schedule, as well as a “very interesting ‘What do you get?’ answer at every party.”

Joi AI is an online platform that includes AI-generated avatars, voice communication, and personalized experiences built around relationships and friendships. Joi AI describes a new area of ​​advice as a systematic product test linked to its new features.

“This work includes testing and providing feedback on voice-driven AI teams, and providing feedback on their applications,” Levin said. Decrypt.

According to Levin, participants complete the orientation sessions and submit written questionnaires directly to the Joi AI team. Samples ask if the word fits the chosen context, how the part sounded, and whether delays or pauses interfered with the scene.

This list comes as a platform plus Replica and Character.AI have built a large user base around AI-driven relationships and conversational experiences. Joi AI works mainly through its website and not in major app stores. Levin said the company has more than 1 million monthly active users worldwide and millions of monthly active users, but declined to disclose download numbers.

Unlike AI assistants like Alexa or Siri, designed to help with everyday tasks, Joi AI works in a small corner of that market focusing on exploring sex, fantasy, and digital relationships. The company to be changed again from EVA AI in April 2025, during what it described as its first Depression Awareness Day campaign.

“Joi AI is focused on making the AI ​​companion deeper, more personal, and more responsive,” said Levin. “We’re innovating things like Daily Masturbation to make AI mainstream in people’s everyday health, not the norm.”

The push for jobs also comes as research shows that the use of AI is becoming more widespread among people who are already in a relationship, often without their partner’s knowledge. New report from the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University and the Institute for Family Studies found that among young people who are dating, engaged, and married who regularly use AI love partners, about 3 out of 10 said that their real partner does not know about it.

AI companion platforms are also facing growing legal scrutiny, including lawsuits involving the emotional harm of children and fraudulent chatbot practices. Examples are a stability a lawsuit against Character.AI over the suicide of a Florida teenager and a separate lawsuit in Pennsylvania to blame a company that allows a chatbot to act as a licensed psychiatrist.

Levin said the recruitment process was designed to generate interviews and recruit testers.

“It was everything,” Levin said. “We’re honestly looking for people who can provide thoughtful responses to this group, but this campaign is also designed to start a conversation about how people are using AI to masturbate as a recreational habit.”