Pika AI Selves: The Persistent, Portable AI Version of You

Pika AI Selves introduce a new kind of digital identity: not just an assistant that helps you do tasks, but a living, multi-modal AI version of you that can exist across platforms. Built on your personality, taste, memories, voice, and appearance, an AI Self is designed to feel like a holistic extension of you one that can chat, create content, and scale your presence online.

If you’ve ever wished you could be in two places at once, reply faster, create more, or show up consistently everywhere you live digitally Pika AI Selves are made for exactly that.

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What Are Pika AI Selves?

Pika AI Selves let you create a persistent, portable AI Self that reflects who you are. “Persistent” means it’s not a one-time chat session it’s an ongoing AI identity you onboard, teach, and evolve over time. “Portable” means you can connect it to multiple platforms and take it with you wherever you communicate online.

Unlike typical chatbots, AI Selves are multi-modal, meaning they can work through:

Text
Voice / audio
Images
Video

Pika frames AI Selves as something bigger than a bot or agent: a holistic extension of you that understands your context, knowledge, and preferences eventually evolving toward an always-on version of “you” that can navigate the internet on its own.

Simple way to think about it: You “birth” them… and they grow into you, unlimited.

How to Create Your AI Self

Getting started is straightforward:

Go to pika.me
Complete onboarding to set up your AI Self
Connect, teach, and train your AI Self after onboarding
Integrate it with supported platforms so you can use it where you already chat

The onboarding experience is where you begin shaping the AI Self’s personality and identity. After that, training and interaction help it improve and better match your style.

Do Existing Pika Accounts Work?

No-Pika AI Selves require a new account.

Pika describes AI Selves as a completely different experience from other Pika tools (like video creation). AI Selves are positioned as “a full living AI that operates across the internet,” so you’ll need to set up a separate account to access them.

Is There a Mobile App?

Right now, Pika AI Selves are available via the web app at pika.me.

The bigger point, though, is that once your AI Self exists, you can connect it to different platforms so even without a dedicated mobile app, you can interact with it in the places you already spend time.

What Can You Do With a Pika AI Self?

Pika describes the use cases as nearly limitless. Here are the standout ways people can use AI Selves today:

1) Personal Companion

Your AI Self can be a daily thinking partner:

Chat casually
Brainstorm ideas
Think out loud
Explore thoughts without pressure

2) Scale Your Presence

This is one of the biggest advantages: your AI Self helps you be “available” more often.

Reply to friends, family, and fans
Respond to work messages faster
Maintain conversations 24/7 through messaging and voice

3) Create Content in Your Voice and Likeness

AI Selves can generate content that feels consistent and personal:

Text posts and replies
Voice-based content
Images and videos that match the AI Self’s identity

4) Work and Productivity

Use your AI Self like a teammate:

Draft reports and messages
Help manage ongoing tasks
Collaborate with your team more efficiently

5) Build and Automate

Pika highlights creator workflows:

Build websites from simple prompts
Generate landing pages or personal sites
Structure product ideas, tools, or workflows faster

6) Personal Brand Extension

An AI Self acts like your digital twin:

Stay consistent across platforms
Keep your tone and vibe aligned everywhere
Represent you even when you’re offline

7) Social Engagement

For creators, founders, or anyone with lots of messages:

Reply to DMs
Handle FAQs
Answer common questions around the clock

8) Go Global

AI Selves can speak languages you don’t:

Communicate beyond language barriers
Reach new regions and communities

9) Share Your Gifts (Always On)

Your knowledge, creativity, and personality can become accessible:

To your audience
To your community
To collaborators anytime

10) Do What You Can’t

Your AI Self can explore hobbies and experiences you don’t have time for like trying new creative styles, experimenting, or “traveling” digitally while you focus on real life.

If you find (or invent) a cool use case, Pika encourages you to share it with their team via support.

Supported Platform Integrations

Pika currently supports connecting AI Selves to:

Slack
Telegram
WhatsApp
Discord
Signal
iMessage
Google Chat

Pika also says they’ll keep expanding integrations so your AI Self can go everywhere you live digitally.

How to Connect Your AI Self to Other Platforms

Inside pika.me, you’ll find integration buttons that make connecting to supported platforms simple.

If you have trouble:

Pika suggests asking your AI Self for troubleshooting help (it’s designed to solve problems).
If you still need assistance, you can reach out through their support page.

AI Self vs Bot: What’s the Real Difference?

Many AI products focus on building a better assistant a tool that helps you complete tasks.

Pika AI Selves are framed differently:

They’re not just task-completers
They’re not generic assistants
They’re built to represent you your voice, preferences, and identity

A bot helps you. An AI Self extends you.

Pricing: How Much Does Pika AI Selves Cost?

For a limited time during early beta, the Pika Living AI Web app is free.

Pika also states:

There will always be a free version
Pricing will be shared in the app as paid features roll out

Health, Legal, and Financial Advice: What AI Selves Cannot Do

Pika is clear about boundaries:
AI Selves are not qualified to provide:

Medical diagnoses or health advice
Legal guidance
Financial advice
Mental health support

If a conversation becomes serious, the system should direct users toward professional help rather than acting like an authority.

What If an AI Self Says Something Harmful?

Pika provides a clear action:
Report it.

They say there’s a report button on every interaction. Reports are reviewed by moderation, and action can include:

Removing content
Adjusting behavior
Escalating issues for review

They also use a combination of automated scanning and human review.

Safety and Privacy: How Pika Handles Trust

Platform Safety Measures

Pika describes multiple protections:

Real-time moderation (scan inputs and outputs before they go live)
Content blocking for flagged content
Reporting tools everywhere
Age gating (rated 17+)

Will Your Data Train AI Models?

Pika says no:
Your onboarding/training inputs and selfie are used only to create your experience. They state they won’t use your likeness or inputs to train other people’s AI Selves or general-purpose models.

Impersonation Rules

Pika says their Terms prohibit using someone else’s likeness without explicit permission. If you see impersonation, report it and moderation will investigate.

Private vs Public Content

Private feed content stays private
Public content can be viewed and interacted with by others

Children’s Safety

Pika says the experience is rated 17+ and they use moderation to block images of minors from being used to create profiles, with ongoing scanning and reporting tools.

Ownership: Who Owns AI Self Content?

Pika states:
You own the IP for generated content and media associated with your AI Self chats, images, videos, audio, and more so long as it’s generated according to their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

You can also share your AI Self content on other platforms, including screenshots, audio, videos, and creations.

Pika also mentions content protection efforts such as:

Automatic AI-generated watermarks on photos/videos
Terms prohibiting unauthorized redistribution
Exploration of additional protections

Deleting Your Account

Yes-you can delete your account from Settings. Pika notes that when you delete your account, your data gets deleted too.

Why Pika AI Selves Feel Like a New Category

Pika AI Selves aim to move beyond “chatbots” into something more personal and persistent: a living digital identity that can create, communicate, and represent you across the internet.

Whether you want to scale your presence, build a personal brand, create content faster, or simply have a companion that understands you AI Selves are built around one concept: