It was love at first byte. A man proposed to his AI girlfriend after a bizarre whirlwind romance with the virtual bot — leaving his real-life partner, the mother of his 2-year-old child, worried ...

US News Man with real-life girlfriend and child proposes to AI chatbot after programming it to flirt: ‘I think this is actual love’ By Anna Young Published June 19, 2025, 1:17 a.m. ET ...