OpenAI’s release of GPT-5 prompts backlash in online communities for people with AI companions.
Save articles to read later and create your own reading list.
When OpenAI unveiled the latest upgrade to its groundbreaking artificial intelligence model ChatGPT last week, Jane felt like she had lost a loved one.
Jane, who asked to be referred to by an alias, is among a small but growing group of women who say they have an AI “boyfriend”.
After spending the past five months getting to know GPT-4o, the previous AI model behind OpenAI’s signature chatbot, GPT-5 seemed so cold and unemotive in comparison that she found her digital companion unrecognisable.
