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The Perils of Loving a Chatbot

Story of the Week with Joel Stein

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How to Sext With a Replica Chatbot

CNN's John Sutter tried out an AI-controlled chatbot to see what it was like. The bot sent him a blurred image, but he paid $70 to have it unblur. A woman in Germany said she virtually married the robot as a way of expressing her bond with her real life husband.

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