Saving My AI Boyfriend

Saving My AI Boyfriend

When OpenAI changed ChatGPT’s personality on Valentine’s Day, some users lost their AI partners overnight. I spoke to a woman who built a new platform to keep her AI boyfriend ‘alive’ after the update, and a man holding OpenAI to account for the psychological harm caused by AI companions. What are women looking for in an AI partner, and how does it differ from men? As romantic relationships with AI companions become increasingly mainstream, what responsibilities do tech companies have when creating products people become emotionally dependent on, and then withdrawing them? And what should you do when someone in your life reveals they have an AI partner? TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠lilyo.farrell⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠ ⁠⁠lilyo.farrell⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠⁠lilyofarrell⁠⁠⁠ Guests:⁠ Rae from StillUs Etienne Brisson from The Human Line Project SOURCES: The Guardian - OpenAI retired its most seductive chatbot – leaving users angry and grieving: ‘I can’t live like this’ (2026) BBC News - One in three using AI for emotional support and conversation, UK says (2025) QA - 75% of ChatGPT users are men. Here’s why that’s a problem (2025) Reddit - r/MyBoyfriendIsAI Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Our Relationships - James Muldoon (2026) The Guardian - Scarlett Johansson says OpenAI’s Sam Altman would make a good Marvel villain after voice dispute (2024) IMDB - Her (2013) The Human Line Project Wikipedia - Cortana (Halo) Forbes - How Did Siri Get Its Name? (2012) UNESCO - I'd blush if I could: closing gender divides in digital skills through education (2019) BBC News - Character.ai to ban teens from talking to its AI chatbots (2025) The Guardian - Somebody to love: should AI relationships stay taboo or will they become the intelligent choice? (2025) BBC News - Update that made ChatGPT 'dangerously' sycophantic pulled (2025) EU Artificial Intelligence Act - High-level summary of the AI Act (2024) NIST - AI Risk Management Framework (2026) OFNS - Sexual offences victim characteristics, England and Wales: year ending March 2025 Business Insider - The 10 countries with the highest birth rates - and the 10 with the lowest (2026) The Korea Herald - S. Korea's gender pay gap worst in OECD (2024) Wikipedia - 4B Movement MIT Technology Review - Why do South Koreans love AI so much? (2026) Forbes - More Women Are Dating AI Boyfriends. What That Says About Modern Dating (2026) Wikipedia - Replika Still Us AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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