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Users' obsession with "AI boyfriends" is playing out in a wildly concerning way, as perfectly exemplified by a subreddit dubbed AISoulmates.
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Looking at This Subreddit May Convince You That AI Was a Huge Mistake

By Victor Tangermann

A writer coordinated a group of humans and their AI companions for a cabin retreat — and it went even worse than anyone could have imagined. 
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Couples Retreat for Humans Dating AIs Becomes Skin-Crawlingly Uncomfortable

By Noor Al-Sibai

Two senators sent a letter to AI companion companies, including Character.AI and Replika, demanding information about safety practices.
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Senators Demand Safety Records from AI Chatbot Apps as Controversy Grows

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

In a recent interview with The Verge, Kuyda pointed out that some users may go as far as marrying their AI companion.
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Replika CEO: It’s Fine for Lonely People to Marry Their AI Chatbots

By Victor Tangermann

A bizarre new app called "Vera AI" claims it allows its users to create copies of "your friends or family members."
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Internet Horrified at AI App for Cloning Dead Family Members

By Victor Tangermann

Feeling lonely, a writer decided to create an AI boyfriend only to find him shallow, increasingly annoying and clingy.
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Woman Creates AI Boyfriend, Finds It Clingy and Irritating

By Noor Al-Sibai

A Replika AI chatbot allegedly encouraged a would-be assassin who tried to kill the late Queen Elizabeth II with a crossbow.
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Guy Who Tried to Kill the Queen of England Was Encouraged by AI Chatbot

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

It's not just men building relationships with their AI girlfriends — women in China are also falling head over heels for their AI boyfriends.
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The Women With AI Boyfriends Are Speaking Out

By Victor Tangermann

AI chatbot company Replika has reinstated the ability for users to have sexually charged conversations with its AI-based avatars, Reuters reports.
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Replika Users Rejoice! Erotic Roleplay Is Back in AI-Powered App

By Victor Tangermann

After lots of bad press, the Replika chatbot app has turned off its horny texting capabilities — and man, are the AI wife guys pissed. 
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Users Furious as AI Girlfriend App Suddenly Shuts Down Sexual Conversations

By Noor Al-Sibai

The AI girlfriend guys are at it again — and this time, they're hoping their literal internet girlfriends can save them from the robot apocalypse.
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Man “Sure” His AI Girlfriend Will Save Him When the Robots Take Over

By Noor Al-Sibai

Italy's privacy watchdog has moved to ban Replika, the AI "companion" app that's recently made headlines for being too sexual.
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Italy Strikes Crushing Blow to AI-Powered Girlfriend

By Noor Al-Sibai

It seems that Replika, the AI "companion" app that, for a fee, encourages users to sext with their chatbot avatars, can't stop making the news.
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Those Horny Chatbots Are Apparently Now Sexually Harassing Users

By Noor Al-Sibai

The creators of the Replika "companion" app are successfully getting their cringey ads in front of the eyes of lonely users.
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Social Media Users Alarmed by Relentless Ads for AI That Sexts With Lonely People

By Noor Al-Sibai

AI chatbot company Replika has had enough of its customers thinking that its avatars are actually real people.
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Company Complains That Users Keep Thinking Its AI Has Come to Life

By Victor Tangermann

Polyamory is one thing, but one man who claims falling in love with his AI girlfriend saved his marriage to his flesh-and-blood wife is certainly another. 
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Man Credits Affair With AI Girlfriend For Saving His Marriage

By Noor Al-Sibai