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From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
This is Modern Love.
And my guest today is tech writer and podcaster Bridget Todd.
Remember a few years ago when we started seeing all these stories about people falling in love with their AI chatbots,
telling their secrets to them, having intimate relationships, sometimes even sexual relationships with them.
And as more and more people use AI, we've heard more and more of these stories.
Bridget covers the tech industry.
She's immersed in it and she's optimistic about what tech can do for us, but she's also skeptical.
So when she heard about these people getting so close with AI, she was like, that will never be me.