{"id":19789,"date":"2025-08-16T16:37:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/did-the-system-update-ruin-your-boyfriend-love-in-a-time-of-chatgpt-arwa-mahdawi\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T16:37:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:37:37","slug":"did-the-system-update-ruin-your-boyfriend-love-in-a-time-of-chatgpt-arwa-mahdawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/16\/did-the-system-update-ruin-your-boyfriend-love-in-a-time-of-chatgpt-arwa-mahdawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the system update ruin your boyfriend? Love in a time of ChatGPT | Arwa Mahdawi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people with AI partners expressed dismay at the new GPT-5 model<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve met the love of your life; someone who understands you like no one else ever has. And then you wake one morning and they\u2019re gone. Yanked out of your world, and the digital universe, by a system update.<\/p>\n

Such is the melancholic lot of a group of people who have entered into committed relationships with digital \u2018partners\u2019 on OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT. When the tech company released its new<\/a> GPT-5 model earlier this month, described by chief executive Sam Altman as a \u201csignificant step forward\u201d, certain dedicated users found that their digital relationships had taken a significant step back. Their companions had undergone personality shifts with the new model; they weren\u2019t as warm, loving or chatty as they used to be.<\/p>\n

Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist<\/p>\n

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\nSome people with AI partners expressed dismay at the new GPT-5 model
\nYou\u2019ve met the love of your life; someone who understands you like no one else ever has. And then you wake one morning and they\u2019re gone. Yanked out of your world, and the digital universe, by a system update.
\nSuch is the melancholic lot of a group of people who have entered into committed relationships with digital \u2018partners\u2019 on OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT. When the tech company released its new GPT-5 model earlier this month, described by chief executive Sam Altman as a \u201csignificant step forward\u201d, certain dedicated users found that their digital relationships had taken a significant step back. Their companions had undergone personality shifts with the new model; they weren\u2019t as warm, loving or chatty as they used to be.
\nArwa Mahdawi is a Guardian US columnist Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some people with AI partners expressed dismay at the new GPT-5 model You\u2019ve met the love of your life; someone who understands you like no one else ever has. And then you wake one morning and they\u2019re gone. Yanked out of your world, and the digital universe, by a system update. Such is the melancholic …<\/p>\n

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