A ‘REJECTED’ Samsung AI assistant is causing a stir on the internet as some fans have created ‘porn’ involving the character.
It all started when illustration studio Lightfarm shared images of the female character called Samantha on social media before quickly taking them down.
Lightfarm is said to have created the avatar with a marketing company owned by Samsung.
However, Samantha the assistant has never been used in any kind of campaign.
Details about the concept for “Samsung Galaxy’s virtual assistant” posted to the illustration studio’s website were also hastily removed.
Sam, who one online commenter compared to a Pixar character, is a you woman with blue eyes, medium-length brown hair and rosy cheeks.
In the leaked images, she’s pictured holding what appears to be a Samsung smartphone, and has “Samsung Galaxy” emblazoned on her grey polo shirt.
So far, there’s been no official announcement from Samsung about a new virtual assistant.
However, it seems Sam has now become the ‘love interest’ of some randy Samsung fans.
She’s been popping up on Twitter, TikTok and even Reddit.
One shocked observer tweeted: “Samsung made a virtual assistant avatar and within 5 picoseconds I’ve seen porn of her. Some people are down bad galactically lmao.”
Another said: “SAMSUNG GIRL IS HOTT.”
In a now-deleted post, Lightfarm discussed working with the Cheil Agency – a marketing company owned by Samsung – on the project.
Lightfarm wrote: “Throughout the process, the team devoted itself to developing realistic materials, mainly for the character’s hair and clothing, so that Sam appeared aesthetically pleasing.
“Sam was an incredible partnership between the Cheil Agency and Lightfarm, and we are thrilled to be part of this project!”
It’s not immediately clear whether the images all over the internet were part of a concept project or represented a final design settled on by Samsung.
It’s also not clear when – if ever – the South Korean firm plans to roll the assistant out to users of its Galaxy devices.
Samsung – a brief history
Here’s what you need to know…
- Samsung is a major South Korean company made up of many businesses that operate globally
- It’s known locally as a “chaebol”, which means “business conglomerate”
- It was founded by Lee Byung-chul in 1938 as a trading company
- But over several decades, it branched out into food processing, insurance, textiles and retail
- It wasn’t until the late 1960s when Samsung entered the electronics industry – for which it’s best known in the west today
- It also launched businesses in construction and shipbuilding in the 1970s
- Today, Samsung’s most important sources of income are its smartphones and computer chips
- The firm accounts for around a fifth of South Korea’s total exports, and roughly 17% of the country’s GDP
- More than 320,000 staff are employed by Samsung globally
- And in 2017, Samsung turned over the equivalent of £174billion today in revenue
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