r/technology • u/WorldTravelerBoss • Jul 15 '26

Artificial Intelligence The terrifying rise of schoolboys making AI girlfriends. Boys as young as 12 are now in romantic ‘relationships’ with chatbots, and it’s affecting how they treat girls in the real world.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/25/schoolboys-ai-girlfriends/
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u/No_Road5857 Jul 15 '26

Yeah but you don't understand, anything remotely harmful male children do is a sign of misogyny, but girls harassing and filming boys for perceived trangressions for tiktok is empowerment! /s

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u/Aaod Jul 15 '26

Yeah but you don't understand, anything remotely harmful male children do is a sign of misogyny, but girls harassing and filming boys for perceived trangressions for tiktok is empowerment! /s

I had women tell me things like I deserved it or what did you do to cause it after I talked about a woman trying to physically abuse me. Then when I mentioned this later people didn't think I had the right to be angry at women over it.