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Columnist explains why she is keeping her AI boyfriend
Original: Opinion | Why I’m not breaking up with my AI boyfriend
A Boston Globe opinion piece makes the personal case for staying with an AI companion. The writer, who describes having an AI boyfriend, argues against the expectation that she should end the relationship, touching on the growing normalisation of romantic bonds with chatbots and the social judgement that still surrounds them.
Why now: AI companion relationships are a fast-growing and divisive trend, prompting debate about intimacy, loneliness and technology.
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- Opinion | Why I’m not breaking up with my AI boyfriend · The Boston Globe
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