New Delhi, June 20 -- Artificial intelligence (AI) avatars are now selling more than real people. A live stream hosted by Chinese tech firm Baidu and popular live streamer Luo Yonghao confirms this.

On Baidu's platform, Youxuan, Luo and his co-host Xiao Mu used digital versions of themselves to livestream for over six hours. Their AI avatars helped them earn 55 million yuan (about $7.65 million), CNBC reported.

This was much more than Luo's earlier livestream using his real self. The earlier stream lasted four hours and made fewer sales. Luo admitted it was his first time using virtual human technology.

"The digital human effect has scared me ... I'm a bit dazed," CNBC quoted him as saying.

Luo became famous through livestreaming on D...