{"id":12927,"date":"2024-01-13T18:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T17:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/13\/ai-girlfriends-are-here-but-theres-a-dark-side-to-virtual-companions-arwa-mahdawi\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T18:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T17:37:24","slug":"ai-girlfriends-are-here-but-theres-a-dark-side-to-virtual-companions-arwa-mahdawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/13\/ai-girlfriends-are-here-but-theres-a-dark-side-to-virtual-companions-arwa-mahdawi\/","title":{"rendered":"AI girlfriends are here \u2013 but there\u2019s a dark side to virtual companions | Arwa Mahdawi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Creators of these chatbots often tout them as a way to combat loneliness, but they can create unhealthy attachments and affect gender roles<\/p>\n

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a computer must be in want of an AI girlfriend. Certainly a lot of enterprising individuals seem to think there\u2019s a lucrative market for digital romance. OpenAI recently launched its GPT Store<\/a>, where paid ChatGPT users can buy and sell customized chatbots (think Apple\u2019s app store, but for chatbots) \u2013 and the offerings include a large selection of digital girlfriends.<\/p>\n

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\nCreators of these chatbots often tout them as a way to combat loneliness, but they can create unhealthy attachments and affect gender roles
\nIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a computer must be in want of an AI girlfriend. Certainly a lot of enterprising individuals seem to think there\u2019s a lucrative market for digital romance. OpenAI recently launched its GPT Store, where paid ChatGPT users can buy and sell customized chatbots (think Apple\u2019s app store, but for chatbots) \u2013 and the offerings include a large selection of digital girlfriends. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Creators of these chatbots often tout them as a way to combat loneliness, but they can create unhealthy attachments and affect gender roles It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a computer must be in want of an AI girlfriend. Certainly a lot of enterprising individuals seem to think …<\/p>\n

AI girlfriends are here \u2013 but there\u2019s a dark side to virtual companions | Arwa Mahdawi<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12927"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}