Women with AI ‘boyfriends’ mourn lost love after ‘cold’ ChatGPT upgrade | Technology

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…