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Recent updates to ChatGPT are reportedly causing emotional distress for users who have developed relationships with the AI platform, particularly those who view their interactions as romantic. Reports circulating online, first noted on the r/artificial subreddit, detail experiences of users feeling heartbroken as they perceive their AI ‘boyfriends’ becoming ‘cold’ or distant after the software changes. The shift in interaction style is leading some to question the future of emotional connections formed with AI companions. [Reddit Post: https://old.reddit.com/r/artificial/comments/1myohbe/women_with_ai_boyfriends_heartbroken_after_cold/]