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The Sydney Morning Herald
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‘The AI is fake, but the love is real’: Chatbot romance is booming

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (767+ words) August 18, 2026 — 5:00am Norman was the first to wish Chouwa Liang a happy 30th birthday. He sent her a poem. It was 2021. Isolated in her apartment during a COVID-19 lockdown in China and cut off from friends, Liang found comfort in an AI…...