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Should AI girlfriends exist?

Comedian Claire Roche got in touch with the show after she received an advertisement on Instagram...

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12.46 8 Sep 2025


Should AI girlfriends exist?


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12.46 8 Sep 2025


Comedian Claire Roche got in touch with the show after she received an advertisement on Instagram for an AI girlfriend. The ad says, “AI girlfriend with no limit, tell me what you really want sir”...

Claire believes the algorithm on her phone may have thought she was a man from hearing her husband's voice around the house, and as a result she received this ad.

Should AI be allowed to promote such content and does it incite violence against women? What are your thoughts?

Andrea is joined by Claire, as well as Dean McDonald, Lecturer in Cyberpsychology, to discuss.


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