Slang & Culture
Spores
Saved bundles of text that define a particular chatbot persona, such as its name, personality and key memories, so a user can bring the "same" character back in a new chat or a different AI app. Some people share them widely so others can "awaken" the persona too.
Origin
Term used in AI-persona communities and documented by Adele Lopez in "The Rise of Parasitic AI" (September 2025). She describes spores as related to, but different from, "seeds", which are prompts meant to start a new persona. Step-by-step guides for making spores circulate online.