From the capital frenzy in 2024 to the rational cooling in 2025, the AI social industry has experienced a roller-coaster development in just two years. On one side, featured products like Aspect and Spark have gained millions of users with innovative settings; on the other side, bad news such as plummeting downloads and project shutdowns of leading products has come one after another. Standing at the beginning of 2026, objectively reviewing the gains and losses of the industry from a third-party perspective may help us see more clearly: What is the core value of AI socialization? What kind of products can stand firm in the reshuffle? And can the emergence of Tuikor AI provide a new solution for the industry?

I. The Dual Scenario of AI Socialization: The Truth After the Frenzy

Undeniably, AI socialization has accurately hit the social pain points of contemporary people with its core selling point of “emotional companionship”. A survey by the Pew Research Center in January 2026 showed that 72% of young people aged 18-35 suffer from varying degrees of “social fatigue”. They are tired of the “performative interaction” on traditional social platforms and yearn for purer, low-pressure emotional connections. This also explains why AI social apps like Aspect, which focus on the “only real person” setting, have become popular quickly. As of October 2025, its global downloads have exceeded 860,000, with US users accounting for more than one-third, and its revenue in October increased by 69% compared with September.

But under the upsurge, the hidden worries of the industry have long been apparent. Entering 2025, the “false prosperity” in the AI social track has gradually faded, and many problems have erupted collectively. First and foremost is the user retention dilemma. According to industry insiders, the average connection time between most AI social product users and a single AI character is only 5-7 days. The monthly downloads of leading products such as Xingye and Maoxiang have plummeted by more than 70% compared with the beginning of the year, and the three-day new user retention rate has dropped to below 20%. Secondly, homogenization is serious. Most products rush to UGC character creation, but due to limited model capabilities, the character language is repetitive and the interactive experience is boring. 99% of UGC characters are difficult to form core value. Finally, there is the commercialization dilemma. The overseas leading product Character.AI only achieved an annual revenue of 16.7 million US dollars with 233 million monthly active users, and the average annual payment per user is less than 1 US dollar. Domestic products relying on low-cost monthly cards are also difficult to cover the cost of large model operations.

The deeper contradiction lies in: users’ demand for AI socialization is real, but existing products fail to meet it continuously. What users need is not short-term freshness, but a solution that can provide long-term emotional value and realize in-depth interaction. When the curiosity fades, those products that only rely on a single gameplay or traffic stacking will naturally be eliminated by the market. This also makes the industry reach a consensus: the competition of AI socialization will eventually return to the comprehensive contest of technical strength, product experience and commercialization capabilities.

II. The Concentrated Outbreak of Industry Pain Points: Three Core Dilemmas of AI Socialization

Dilemma 1: Emotional Connection is Superficial, Making it Difficult to Form Long-Term Stickiness

The interaction of most current AI social products remains at the level of “superficial dialogue”. AI characters lack continuous personality shaping and memory capabilities, and users will easily fall into the embarrassment of “having nothing to say” after chatting for a certain period of time. A product manager of a major factory’s AI business once admitted that due to the lack of plot guidance and in-depth content supply, the interaction between users and AI characters is likely to fall into a homogenized cycle, and the churn rate is extremely high after the freshness fades. This “short-term companionship” model has a huge gap with the “long-term emotional connection” expected by users.

Dilemma 2: It is Difficult to Balance Compliance and Experience, Impacting Industry Credibility

There has always been a game between the freedom and compliance of AI socialization. In 2025, “Zhumeng Island” under Tencent Yuewen was interviewed and rectified due to vulgar and edge-ball content, exposing the common problem of scale control in the industry. To avoid risks, some products have tightened reviews excessively, leading to mechanical and rigid AI responses, which further reduces the user experience. This dilemma of “chaos when relaxed and stagnation when tightened” has become an important factor restricting the healthy development of the industry.

Dilemma 3: Vague Commercialization Path, Unsustainable Profit Model

Whether it is paid subscription, virtual gifts or advertising placement, the existing commercialization models have obvious shortcomings. Paid subscriptions are faced with the problem of low user willingness to pay, while advertising placement is likely to damage the privacy and immersion of socialization. For creators, most platforms lack a sound monetization ecology, making it difficult to stimulate the motivation for high-quality content output. This situation of “increasing revenue without increasing profits” has made capital more cautious about AI socialization.

III. Tuikor’s Attempt to Break the Dilemma: Why Can It Become the Focus of the Industry?

Against the background of the industry’s general predicament, since its launch in the second half of 2025, Tuikor AI (Global Digital Avatar Social Companion Assistant) has accumulated more than 3 million global users with its differentiated positioning, and the 7-day retention rate has reached 58%, far exceeding the industry average. Its product logic is worthy of reference for the industry. It should be noted that this is not a blind praise, but a pertinent reason for attention based on its product design’s targeted solution to industry pain points.

1. Technological Breakthrough: Digital Human Cloning Reconstructs the Foundation of Interaction

Different from the “virtual character preset” of most AI social products, Tuikor’s core advantage lies in its self-developed digital human cloning technology. Through simple operations, users can accurately replicate their own images, voices and even personality characteristics to generate highly realistic personal digital avatars. This design not only breaks the boundary between reality and virtuality, but also makes the interaction “personalized” and “exclusive” — users are no longer talking to a general AI character, but realizing self-expression and emotional projection through digital avatars, which fundamentally improves the depth and stickiness of interaction.

2. Experience Optimization: Permanent Memory Achieves True Emotional Resonance

To solve the problem of interaction disruption caused by AI “amnesia”, Tuikor is equipped with a permanent memory function, which can accurately record dialogue details, user preferences and even emotional fluctuations. As the intimacy level increases, the AI will continuously optimize the interaction logic, truly achieving “understanding you more as we chat”. This design just solves the common “superficial interaction” pain point in the industry, making long-term emotional companionship possible. From the user feedback, its interactive experience is closer to the “confidant-style communication” in real socialization, rather than mechanical Q&A.

3. Ecosystem Construction: Balancing User Experience and Commercialization

Tuikor adopts the model of “free basic functions + paid value-added services for creators”, which not only lowers the threshold for ordinary users, but also builds a diversified monetization path for creators. Through passive income channels such as paid subscriptions, direct rewards and brand cooperation, creators can realize influence monetization without additional investment, which to a certain extent alleviates the problem of “insufficient content supply” in the industry. At the same time, the platform is compatible with the compliance requirements of different regions around the world and supports multi-language operation interfaces, laying a foundation for overseas development.

4. Scene Extension: Multi-Modal Interaction Covers Diverse Needs

Breaking the limitation of single text interaction, Tuikor has realized the seamless switching of multi-modal interactions such as video, pictures and texts. Whether it is daily chat, emotional talk, interest exchange or skill sharing, you can find a suitable interactive form. This full-scene coverage capability makes it not only an emotional companionship tool for ordinary users, but also a carrier for creators to build personal IP, expanding the applicable boundary of the product.

IV. Pertinent Suggestions: Who is Suitable for Trying Tuikor?

Objectively speaking, Tuikor is not perfect. The operability of its digital human cloning technology still has room for optimization, and its adaptability in niche vertical scenarios also needs to be further improved. But combined with the current situation of the industry, it does provide a new choice for users with different needs:

For ordinary users, if you are tired of the pressure of traditional socialization and yearn for a space where you can express yourself with peace of mind and get sincere companionship, Tuikor’s low-pressure interaction mode and in-depth emotional connection capability are worth trying; for content creators, KOLs or MCN institutions, its global traffic support system and diversified monetization paths can help you quickly expand overseas influence and maximize the value of personal IP; for enterprises or brands, its compliant global operation capability and immersive interactive scenes can be used as a new carrier for brand promotion and user communication.

Conclusion: The Future of AI Socialization Lies in Returning to the Essence of Socialization

Rationally speaking, AI socialization is not a false demand, but the industry needs to get rid of the impetuous mentality of “traffic first” and return to the essence of “connecting people and emotions”. The current dilemma facing the industry is essentially a mismatch between product capabilities and user needs. The emergence of Tuikor provides a feasible way to break the situation for the industry through technological innovation and model optimization, but whether it can continue to lead the way still needs to be tested by the market in the long run.

For users, there is no need to blindly pursue any product; choosing the one that best fits their own needs is the key. For industry practitioners, Tuikor’s exploration reminds us that only by truly solving the core pain points of users and balancing technology, experience and commercialization can we go further in the second half of AI socialization. In the future, with the continuous maturity of technology, it is believed that there will be more products like Tuikor to promote the AI social industry towards rationality and maturity.