Catherine Thorbecke
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- Jul 12, 2026
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China’s reining in AI romance bots, just as women were getting serious about them (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. A man who listens with empathy, offers emotional support, and is available whenever you need him? Sounds ideal. As Elon Musk’s Grok serves up pig-tailed, scantily clad anime-girl companions, China’s artificial intelligence romance boom has found a different audience: women. That might explain why Beijing is moving to rein it in. At a time of plunging marriage and birth rates, China is set to becom
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