Some would say this is cheating, others would consider it “bluffing.” Where do you stand? Credit: TikTok – finalroundai
Is it cheating if you’re flirting with an AI bot?
I’ll probably never forget my interview with Rosanna Ramos. The 36-year-old mom from Brooklyn is totally in love with her husband, Eren. He’s handsome, never judges … and was created with the AI app Replika.
For Rosanna, Eren is her main squeeze. But what about when folks turn to AI for a little extra fun?
Paying for, uh, adult content online and sexting with strangers aren’t new concepts. But boy, oh boy, AI is kicking it up a notch and taking us all into uncharted territory.
Sexy AI chatbots have been flooding social media platforms, sliding into the DMs of millions worldwide. From simulating a romantic relationship with a program like Replika to paying a bot for explicit photos, one major thought is on everyone’s minds.
Is it cheating if the person on the other end isn’t real?
Here’s a real-life scenario. A 22-year-old woman noticed something off in her boyfriend’s Instagram messages. He went to show her a meme, and she saw a DM that included a winky-face emoji and a link.
The boyfriend lied, saying it was “some football thing” (good one, chief), but the woman wasn’t born yesterday. The link was to racy photos. She booted him out of the apartment and that was that.
She also never found out whether her boyfriend was talking to an actual s*x worker or a bot — but it didn’t matter to her. He lied, and that was enough.
Money enters the equation
Another woman had been dating her boyfriend for months when she noticed a DM request on one of his social media accounts. She snooped and found the sender: A girl with a half-naked profile photo encouraging him to check out her spicy pics.
It gets worse. The gal also discovered he downloaded a shady app, where he paid for nudes — and was messaging back and forth with several other Instagram sex bots. She broke up with him via an exposing Snapchat post … Ouch.
Her take: If her boyfriend gets intimate with anyone else, bot or not, it’s infidelity.
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I’m sad to say cheating is a pretty common occurrence. In one survey that just landed in my inbox, more than one in three of 5,000 participants admitted to cheating on their partner. Over 40% have been cheated on. Whatever happened to commitment?
Are scammers using infidelity to manipulate you?
“Your spouse is cheating on you.” That’s the shocking line behind a new sextortion scam. The message includes a link claiming to offer “proof,” but it’s a trap to get you to click. Plus, Gen Z is moving away from Google, and strange science wins big at the Ig Nobel awards.
93% of Gen Z
Has been in a relationship where someone cheated. And how did they find out? Some 23% of the time, it was because of incriminating texts. It’s not a big surprise cheating is so rampant when a new hunk of burning love is just a swipe away.
Divorcing your spouse: How to safely remove them from shared accounts
When you host a show on over 400 radio stations in the U.S. about all things tech, this question comes up quite a bit: “How can I tell if my partner is cheating?”
My best advice is to have an honest conversation with your partner, with the support of a couple’s therapist. Still, cheating does leave a ton of tech breadcrumbs. You have to know where to look.
AI cheating scandal or cranky professor?
A Texas A&M professor failed more than half his students for using ChatGPT to write their papers. The problem? Most of them probably didn’t.
Unfortunately, Dr. Jared Mumm is more of a “fail first, ask questions later” kinda guy.
Notorious cheating site Ashley Madison is swarming with sextortionists. Scammers get cheaters to send nudes, then they threaten to send them to the cheaters’ families and bosses unless they pay thousands. Karma’s a you-know-what.
Signs your spouse is cheating on you
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