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The terrifying rise of schoolboys making AI girlfriends - Boys as young as 12 ar

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When he says go talk to your other boys

<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>My other boys are in a data center 🫣 people probably thought we'd have flying cars by now, but instead we have AI flirting </p> </div><!-- SC_ON

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