"Meet Neuro-sama, a cutesy AI-powered character which is now the top streamer on Twitch by active subscriber-count, according to Twitch Tracker. At the time of writing, Nuero-sama - streaming via the Twitch channel Vedal987 - has 165,268 paid active subscribers, well above the second-highest channel, the human-ran Jynxzi. On Twitch, each paid subscriber is valued at $5 a month, some of which is split with Twitch. According to an estimate by Dextero, that means Neuro-sama is raking in at least $400,000 a month just from subscriptions - and that's on top of random viewer donations, sponsorships, and ad revenue."
"Per the publication's reporting, the avatar's speech is first generated by a large language model (LLM) before being converted to audio via another text-to-speech AI application. Though the AI avatar was originally designed to live-stream the rhythm game Osu, it has since developed a life of its own, discussing random topics with various subscribers who communicate with the LLM via Twitch's baked-in live chat features."
Neuro-sama is an AI-powered VTuber that has become the top Twitch streamer by active paid subscribers, reaching 165,268 on the Vedal987 channel. Each paid subscriber is worth about $5 a month, producing an estimated minimum of roughly $400,000 monthly from subscriptions alone, excluding donations, sponsorships, and ad revenue. VTubers use digital motion capture and persona-driven avatars; Neuro-sama is fully AI-generated rather than puppeted by a human. The channel owner, Vedal, has run the channel full-time since at least 2023. The avatar's speech is produced by a large language model and converted to audio with text-to-speech, and it interacts with viewers through Twitch chat.
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