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Reddit versus Sam Altman
Text version: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/10/16/ai-boyfriend-users-radicalise-against-openai-and-self-host-their-chatbot-companions/
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Sources:
- We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues https://x.com/sama/status/1978129344598827128
- AI companion porting: The Weathergirl method https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jtT328dcWby7_RkIhqhpoG8FBSJplC2BkmH-BMScQlU/mobilebasic
- Some helpful advice: Look into self-hosting your AI Boyfriend! https://old.reddit.com/rMyBoyfriendIsAI/comments/1mo0jlj/some_helpful_advice_look_into_selfhosting_your_ai/
- Parents of teenager who took his own life sue OpenAI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgerwp7rdlvo
- Zuckerberg Says in Response to Loneliness Epidemic, He Will Create Most of Your Friends Using Artificial Intelligence https://futurism.com/zuckerberg-lonely-friends-create-ai
Previously on Pivot to AI:
- OpenAI announces GPT-5! Please Microsoft, don't kill us https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/08/openai-announces-gpt-5-please-microsoft-dont-kill-us/
- video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxbHOTV7IA&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA
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