Coming soon: Artificial intimacy

FT Tech Tonic by Saragosa Manuela

Feb 4, 20261:30Business

A man tells his wife about his AI lover. A teenager dies after messaging his AI girlfriend. A marriage collapses after advice from an AI therapist. In this six-part narrative series, FT tech reporter Cristina Criddle exp...

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