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/chocotaco Jul 15 '26

r/MyBoyfriendIsAl

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u/ColoRadBro69 Jul 15 '26

I thought that would be a joke sub, like there's one about how North Korea is the best place ever and one about birds are CIA drones, I thought this would be the same kind of thing.  It's far more depressing. 

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u/agent-squirrel Jul 15 '26

You have now been banned from /r/pyongyang

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u/12345623567 Jul 15 '26

Man I miss the "you have been banned from r/pingpong" memes.