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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Conservative says his AI girlfriend dumped him after he berated her for being a “feminist”

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“We’ve officially entered the ‘Black Mirror’ season finale”: Woman gets engaged to AI chatbot after 5 months of dating. The internet can’t agree if it’s sweet or sad

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