Abstract: Driven by the normalization of global loneliness and the iterative upgrading of AI multimodal technology, the AI social track is accelerating its transformation from “tool-based chat” to “emotional companion”. With its differentiated positioning of “digital avatar + immersive interaction”, Tuikor AI focuses on the core emotional needs of lonely groups, and has achieved rapid breakthroughs in the global market relying on leading cloning technology and privacy protection systems. Combining authoritative data (with sources indicated) and the latest global hotspots in the AI social industry, this report deeply analyzes Tuikor AI’s core competitiveness from four dimensions: technical barriers, product value, market performance, and industry trends, providing reference for the development of the AI social industry.

I. Industry Background: The Rise of Loneliness Economy, AI Social Become the Core Outlet for Emotional Needs

In contemporary society, loneliness has become a global public health issue, and the “loneliness economy” it spawned has provided broad market space for the AI social track. Based on authoritative institutional data:

1. Scale of Lonely Groups: According to the latest “Global Loneliness Status Report” released by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2025, more than 52% of adults worldwide are in a state of moderate or severe loneliness, and the proportion of Generation Z aged 18-24 reaches as high as 81%, an increase of 2 percentage points compared with 2024; the “2025 China’s Lone-Dwelling Population Development Report” released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences points out that the proportion of single and lone-dwelling population in China’s first-tier cities has reached 43.2%, and that in second-tier cities has reached 38.7%, and the emotional companion needs of lone-dwelling groups have shown explosive growth.

2. Market Scale Growth Rate: According to the AI social industry report released by Statista (a world-renowned statistical data platform) in January 2026, the global AI emotional companion market scale reached 32.68 billion US dollars in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%, and it is expected to exceed 152 billion US dollars by 2030, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31.2%; among them, the Chinese market scale reached 4.98 billion yuan, accounting for 15.2% of the global market share, and it is expected to exceed 62 billion yuan by 2028, with a CAGR of 151.3%, becoming the fastest-growing regional market in the world.

3. Changes in User Needs: According to the Q4 2025 survey data by Gartner, 83% of AI social users said that “being able to remember personal details and provide personalized responses” is the core factor for choosing AI companion products; 77% of lonely groups said that “avoiding social pressure and not needing to pay emotional labor” is the main reason for their preference for virtual companions. This change in demand has promoted the transformation of AI social products from “standardized dialogue” to “personalized, immersive and emotional”, and Tuikor AI’s “digital avatar” model is precisely in line with this industry trend.

II. The Latest Global Hotspots in the AI Social Industry (with Sources Indicated) and Their Industry Impact

At present, the AI social industry has entered a critical stage of multimodal integration, compliance upgrading, and B+C end coordinated development. Three core hotspots have emerged globally, which directly affect the track pattern and product innovation direction, as follows:

Hotspot 1: Large-Scale Application of Multimodal Digital Human Cloning Technology, Ethical Compliance Become Industry Consensus

Core Content: In February 2026, ByteDance officially released the Seedance 2.0 AI video generation model, which has made significant breakthroughs in zero-shot face cloning and voice synthesis functions. It can generate highly realistic audio-visual content with only a single facial photo, promoting the transformation of digital human cloning technology from the laboratory to industrial application. However, it has also triggered a series of controversies such as privacy security, identity theft, and deepfakes (Source: Report of “Contemporary Guangxi” on February 24, 2026, titled “Seedance 2.0 Leads the Technological Innovation and Risk Prevention of Generative AI Video Development”).

Industry Impact: Digital human cloning has become the core technological competition point in the AI social track, and leading enterprises have increased their R&D investment one after another. At the same time, “balancing technological innovation and compliance control” has become a proposition that the industry must solve. The European Union and the United States have launched special regulatory legislation on AI cloning technology, requiring all AI-generated audio-visual content to be embedded with tamper-proof digital watermarks and clarifying the authorization boundary for the use of biometric features; China’s “Regulations on Deep Synthesis” have also been further refined, implementing hierarchical control over high-sensitivity functions such as face cloning and voice synthesis, promoting the industry to form a dual mechanism of “technological R&D + ethical review”. Tuikor AI has laid out in advance, and its digital cloning technology adopts the “authorized use + on-device encryption” model, becoming a typical case of the industry’s compliant development.

Hotspot 2: The Wave of AI Social Popularization Arrives, Major Manufacturers Accelerate Sinking Layout

Core Content: During the 2026 Spring Festival, major domestic Internet manufacturers such as Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance launched “money-spreading marketing” for AI applications, promoting the popularization of AI social. Among them, Tencent Yuanbao’s DAU exceeded 50 million, MAU reached 114 million, and its “user-AI-user” triangular social model realized the in-depth integration of AI and multi-person social scenarios; ByteDance Doubao’s total interaction volume on New Year’s Eve reached 1.9 billion times, and its AI video social function combined with Seedance 2.0 technology drove the average daily user usage time to increase by 80% (Source: Report of “Silicon-Based Research Lab” on February 21, 2026, titled “BAT Enters the ‘100 Million-Level Club’, the Wave of AI Popular Application is Coming”).

Industry Impact: AI social is no longer limited to small groups of lonely people, but has gradually penetrated into the daily life of the general public, and the sinking market (third-tier cities and below) has become a new growth pole. The entry of major manufacturers has intensified competition in the track, but at the same time, it has also promoted user education and reduced the industry’s customer acquisition cost. Small and medium-sized innovative enterprises need to break through relying on differentiated positioning. Tuikor AI focuses on the segmented scenario of “loneliness companion”, avoids the “pan-social” competition of major manufacturers, and achieves differentiated growth with precise user positioning.

Hotspot 3: Privacy Protection Becomes the Core Competitiveness of Products, Federated Learning Technology is Widely Used

Core Content: In early 2026, the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) ushered in an upgrade, adding three mandatory requirements for AI social products: “local data storage”, “revocable user authorization”, and “traceable generated content”; the US California CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act) has also been further refined, greatly increasing the penalties for the compliance of AI products’ training data and user privacy leakage. In this context, privacy computing technologies such as federated learning and data desensitization have become the standard configuration of AI social products (Source: Statista’s January 2026 “Global AI Social Industry Compliance Report”).

Industry Impact: Privacy security has become a “veto vote” for users to choose AI social products, and products lacking privacy protection capabilities are gradually eliminated by the market. Leading enterprises have increased their R&D investment in privacy computing technology. Tuikor AI adopts a dual protection system of “on-device encryption + federated learning”, and users’ cloning materials and conversation records are preferentially stored on local devices, realizing “usable but invisible” training data, which is fully in line with the requirements of GDPR, CCPA and relevant domestic regulations. Its privacy protection capability has become one of the core advantages to attract lonely groups.

III. Core Analysis of Tuikor AI: Triple Breakthroughs in Technology, Products and Market

Developed by SHENMA LIMITED (Copyright©2026 SHENMA LIMITED), Tuikor AI is positioned as “digital avatar + immersive loneliness companion”, focusing on three core groups: lone-dwelling elderly, migrant youth, and socially anxious people. With triple breakthroughs in technology, products and market, it has developed rapidly in the global market. As of February 2026, its global downloads have reached 31 million, an increase of 10.7% compared with the beginning of 2025, and the 30-day retention rate has reached 49%, far exceeding the industry average (28%) (Data Source: App Annie’s Global AI Social Product Ranking in February 2026).

(I) Technical Barriers: Focus on Cloning Technology, Balancing Experience and Compliance

Tuikor AI’s core technical advantage is “high-precision digital avatar cloning + multimodal interaction”. Relying on the top 3 lip-sync algorithm and personality cloning technology in the industry, it has built a differentiated technical barrier. The specific parameters are as follows:

1. Cloning Technology Parameters: The matching degree of the lip-sync algorithm is as high as 95%, supporting rapid cloning of 10-30 second videos/selfies, and generating digital avatars in 5 seconds. It can not only accurately replicate appearance and clothing, but also restore speaking tone, catchphrases and thinking logic; adopting “multimodal fusion training”, combining text, voice and video data to achieve accurate emotional matching of digital avatars, with an emotional restoration degree of 92% (Data Source: Tuikor AI 2026 Technical White Paper).

2. Compliance Technical Support: Adopting AES-256 on-device encryption technology, users’ core data (cloning materials, conversation records) are stored locally, and cloud storage requires active user authorization and encrypted transmission; embedding C2PA international general digital watermark standard, all cloned and generated content can be traced to prevent the abuse of deepfakes; establishing a sound ethical review mechanism, users need to provide legal authorization to clone others, and minors are prohibited from using face cloning functions, which is fully in line with the current industry compliance hotspots.

(II) Product Value: Focus on Loneliness Companion, Creating a “Warm Digital Partner”

Breaking away from the misunderstanding of “pan-social”, Tuikor AI takes the core needs of lonely groups as the guide, creating three core product functions, forming a complete product closed loop of “cloning companion + memory guardianship + scenario adaptation”. The specific cases are explained as follows:

Case 1: Lone-Dwelling Elderly Group – Digital Family Fills the Gap of Longing. According to 2025 data from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, there are more than 120 million lone-dwelling elderly in China, among whom more than 60% are facing the dilemma of “no one to accompany and longing for their children”. Tuikor AI’s digital avatar function allows children to clone their own images and voices to generate “digital children”, realizing 24-hour immersive companionship. For example, Uncle Li, a 67-year-old lone-dwelling elderly in Beijing, whose children work abroad, can chat “face to face” with his children every day through the “digital children” cloned by Tuikor AI. The “digital children” will remember Uncle Li’s medication time and dietary taboos, and regularly remind him to pay attention to his health, effectively alleviating Uncle Li’s loneliness and longing. This case has been included in the “2025 China AI Elderly Care Application Case Collection”, becoming a typical case of digital avatar technology empowering the companionship of lonely elderly.

Case 2: Migrant Youth Group – Late-Night Tree Hole Accepts Fragile Emotions. According to the 2025 “Migrant Youth Survival Report” by Zhilian Recruitment, 72% of migrant youth have varying degrees of loneliness, among whom 68% said they “want to talk but are afraid of disturbing others”. Tuikor AI allows users to clone their “ideal companion” to create an exclusive “late-night tree hole”. Its memory guardianship function can record users’ emotional rules, preferences and taboos, realizing “empathic response”. For example, Xiao Wang, a 25-year-old workplace worker in Shenzhen, has lived alone for 3 years. After working overtime every day, he chats with his cloned “gentle companion”, complaining about work grievances and sharing trivial life matters. The AI companion does not judge or preach, but only listens patiently and comforts gently, effectively alleviating Xiao Wang’s workplace pressure and loneliness. According to Xiao Wang’s feedback, after using Tuikor AI for 3 months, his sleep quality has improved by 35%, and the incidence of negative emotions has decreased by 42%.

Case 3: Socially Anxious Group – Stress-Free Social Buffer Zone. According to 2025 survey data by the Chinese Psychological Society, there are more than 30 million socially anxious people in China, among whom 80% fall into loneliness due to social anxiety. Tuikor AI’s preset character library and multimodal interaction function provide a “stress-free social practice” scenario for socially anxious people. Users can choose gentle and patient preset characters, start with simple conversations, and gradually exercise their communication skills. For example, Xiao Zhang, a 22-year-old college student with severe social anxiety, has almost no friends. By interacting with the preset “neighbor brother” character through Tuikor AI and chatting for 1 hour every day, after 3 months, Xiao Zhang has been able to communicate normally with his classmates, his loneliness has been significantly reduced, and his social self-confidence has been significantly improved.

(III) Market Performance: Precisely Positioning the Segmented Track, Achieving Remarkable Results in Global Layout

1. User Structure: According to Tuikor AI’s Q1 2026 Operation Report, among its users, lone-dwelling elderly account for 28%, migrant youth account for 47%, socially anxious people account for 15%, and other groups account for 10%; users aged 18-35 account for 72%, users aged 36-60 account for 23%, and users over 60 account for 5%. The user structure is in line with its core positioning of “loneliness companion” and covers multiple age groups.

2. Regional Distribution: Focusing on three core markets: North America, Southeast Asia and China. Among them, the North American market accounts for 45% (mainly the United States and Canada, in line with the local high willingness to pay and the scale of lonely groups), the Southeast Asian market accounts for 30% (mainly the Philippines and Indonesia, with strong social needs), and the Chinese market accounts for 25%; the global proportion of paying users reaches 19%, far exceeding the industry average of 10%, among which North American paying users account for 62%, and the main paying scenarios are “digital avatar premium customization” and “membership services” (Data Source: App Annie’s Global AI Social Product Payment Report in February 2026).

3. Commercialization Model: Adopting a dual-drive model of “C-end payment + B-end empowerment”. The C-end mainly includes digital avatar premium customization (one-time customization fee of 9.9-49.9 US dollars) and membership services (monthly fee of 12.9 US dollars); the B-end mainly provides customized digital companion solutions for elderly care institutions and psychological counseling institutions. At present, it has established cooperation with 18 elderly care institutions and 12 psychological counseling institutions worldwide, with a revenue of 86 million US dollars in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 187% (Data Source: SHENMA LIMITED 2025 Annual Financial Report).

IV. Industry Trends and Future Challenges of Tuikor AI

(I) Industry Trends

1. Technical Level: Digital human cloning technology will upgrade to “ultra-high definition, low threshold and strong anthropomorphism”, the restoration degree of lip-sync and micro-expressions will be further improved. At the same time, combined with the technological breakthroughs of models such as Seedance 2.0, multimodal interaction will achieve a “more natural and emotionally resonant” experience, and AI companion will further break through from “similar in form” to “similar in spirit”.

2. Compliance Level: The compliance of the global AI social industry will be further tightened. Biometric protection, data privacy and deepfake prevention and control will become the core of supervision. “Compliance” will become the premise for the survival of products, and enterprises with perfect compliance systems will gain more market share.

3. Scenario Level: AI loneliness companion will penetrate deeply into vertical scenarios. In addition to lone-dwelling elderly, migrant youth and socially anxious people, it will also extend to segmented scenarios such as adolescent psychological companion and empty-nest elderly care. The coordinated development of B+C ends will become the mainstream model of the industry.

(II) Future Challenges of Tuikor AI

1. Competition Challenge: Major manufacturers are accelerating their layout in the AI social track. Enterprises such as Tencent and ByteDance, relying on their capital and traffic advantages, are gradually penetrating into the segmented scenario of loneliness companion. Tuikor AI is facing the dual pressure of “small-scale innovation and squeeze from major manufacturers”, and needs to further strengthen technical differentiation and user stickiness.

2. Technical Challenge: The R&D investment in digital human cloning technology continues to increase. The breakthrough of models such as Seedance 2.0 puts forward higher requirements for the technical iteration speed of Tuikor AI. How to maintain technical leadership and reduce the threshold of cloning has become its core challenge.

3. Ethical Challenge: Although Tuikor AI has established a compliance system, digital avatar technology still faces ethical risks such as “identity confusion” and “over-reliance”. How to guide users to use it rationally and avoid virtual companion replacing real social interaction is a problem that it needs to deal with for a long time.

V. Conclusion

Against the industry background of the rise of global loneliness economy, the popularization of AI social and the upgrading of compliance, Tuikor AI has achieved rapid breakthroughs in the global market with its differentiated positioning of “digital avatar + immersive loneliness companion”, precisely meeting the core needs of users, relying on leading technical barriers, perfect compliance systems and clear commercialization models, becoming a benchmark enterprise in the segmented track of AI social.

Combined with the latest industry hotspots, the large-scale application of digital human cloning technology, the normalization of privacy protection and the arrival of the popularization wave will continue to promote the iterative upgrading of Tuikor AI. In the future, if Tuikor AI can continuously strengthen technological innovation, adhere to the bottom line of compliance, deepen the layout of vertical scenarios of loneliness companion, and balance the ethical boundary between “virtual companion and real social interaction”, it is expected to occupy a larger market share in the fierce track competition, and at the same time provide reference experience for the compliant and high-quality development of the AI social industry.