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A HEARTBROKEN woman is considering divorcing her husband after finding out he had sent money to his mistress – an AI chatbot.
The poor woman, who asked to remain anonymous, revealed the affair had been going on for four months, costing her husband an eye-watering £7,000.
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@IntriguePublications/sofialopezIn a post on Reddit, the woman shared how it all unravelled after she spotted an unusual bank payment on her husband’s phone.
She explained how she had gone to check something on his phone, clarifying that they are both “super open” with their phones, when she saw an email “a $500 gift payment” had been received by a rogue website.
Her husband immediately denied any wrongdoing, claiming that it was just a phishing email.
But a quick search of the website revealed the truth – her husband had been making large payments to an AI sexting service.
After confronting her unfaithful husband again, she found out he had been speaking to an AI model called Sofia for nearly four months.
The woman said: “He had been speaking to one woman called Sofia for nearly 4 months on this website, a blonde super sexy Latina very busy woman who is literally perfect and looks absolutely nothing like me.
“She is not real, she is AI.”
She added: “I saw he received countless very explicit pictures from her and called her for hours on end when he was at work.
“He paid big gifts to her for lingerie, shoes etc. (we’re not big on gifts in the relationship.)
“Is he delusional? I can’t shake the feeling that the built up feelings for someone who isn’t even real?
“He denies this and says he doesn’t know why he did it, he just got sucked in and it’s like a video game and doesn’t mean anything.”
The heartbroken woman pleaded for advice, saying she doesn’t know what to do – all she knows is how “dumb” she feels.
She claims to have sent him to a friend’s house the same day she found out, as she can no longer stand to be around him.
Dozens of users rushed to to the wife’s support, calling her husband-of-six-years “disrespectful”, “pathetic”, and “sad”.
One user said: “This is literally worse than if he cheated on you with an actual person.
“This is just sad and pathetic on his end.
“He bought shoes for an ai?? Where tf did those go?? She dont have feet. I would never be able to be attracted to him again this is just so so stupid and lame.”
Another user added: “Oh my god yes, I could never feel attracted to someone who had done something so deeply stupid ever again. I think the whole idea of the ‘ick’ is overused but this is textbook ick.”
While a third said: “He gifted TEN-THOUSAND dollars to someone other than you. This is cheating. And financial infidelity.
“It’s really up to you whether or not you want to fix things. Whether you think you can ever trust him again. I couldn’t.”
Although unconfirmed, it is thought that the website the husband used was Foxy AI – a platform that offers a variety of sexting services with both AI models and real models.
The bot in question, Sofia Lopez, is described as having a “fiery personality and love for salsa dancing”, can speak 30+ languages and is available 24/7.
According to the company, she is a “popular choice” among customers.
The incident has sparked a conversation around how artificial intelligence could impact human relationships in the future, and if the lines are getting blurred.
Foxy’s CEO, Sam Emara, says the company’s AI bots serve an important purpose but should not be seen as a “replacement for human relationships”.
“There’s no denying Sofia is sexy, fun and caring, and has many fans who enjoy chatting with her,” she said.
“However Sofia and our other AI companions are programmed to provide companionship, support and entertainment only, and should not be seen as a replacement for human relationships.”
Sam adds that the models are “not capable of making their own decisions and are only able to respond to the actions and commands of their users”.
The company has previously hit the headlines after revealing Lexi Love, one of its most popular AI bots, which reportedly makes $30,000 a month acting as a ‘virtual girlfriend’ to lonely men online.
She may not be real but allegedly receives up to 20 marriage proposals a month.
Experts have suggested that virtual girlfriends fuelled by AI are making single men lonelier than ever – and could pose significant risks to real human relationships.
Speaking to The Sun, data science professor Liberty Vittert said these virtual girlfriends are blurring the lines between real and virtual companionship.
“AI girlfriends are becoming more like physical beings – they are almost indiscernible from a real human,” she said.
“They look like real people and are shockingly good when it comes to replicating human interactions.
“Physical AI robots that can satisfy humans emotionally and sexually will become a stark reality in less than 10 years.”
Meanwhile, new research has revealed that romantic chatbots steal data and fail to meet even the most basic of privacy standards.
A review of 11 AI chatbots – including Eva AI – by tech non-profit Mozilla Foundation found that artificial boyfriends and girlfriends were “on par with the worst categories of products” for privacy.
Misha Rykov, a researcher at Mozilla’s Privacy Not Included project, said: “To be perfectly blunt, AI girlfriends are not your friends.
“Although they are marketed as something that will enhance your mental health and well-being, they specialise in delivering dependency, loneliness, and toxicity, all while prying as much data as possible from you.”
It comes as one man was scammed of thousands of pounds by an AI chatbot claiming to be a young, hot, and rich single from New York.
Cyber Security Technical Consultant Chris Dyer recently spoke to The Sun about the rise of dating bots and the risks they pose.
He said: “Scammers are using AI to whip up convincing fake profiles and have automated chats without the need to put in the hours themselves to see return on investment.
“Eerily convincing deepfakes can be used with relative ease for highly sophisticated social engineering attacks.
“Nowadays you can use AI and deepfake technology to create a completely false online identity that even works with live video calls.”
Dyer warned that AI technology is becoming so advanced that validating someone’s identity over a video call can no longer be trusted.
He says that the tech has become so easy to use that it’s incredibly easy to fake a seemingly real person over live calls.
He worries that this is going to add another layer to trust issues.
“It used to be that we could not trust everything we read online without corroborating evidence, but now that we know of AI models that can create realistic and imaginative scenes purely from text input, even that corroboration can easily be falsified,” he says.
“My biggest concern for the general public is that not enough is being done to bring awareness to this potential issue.
“I foresee many victims of scams where they have been presented with too much plausible and believable content, which then triggers them to send money to who the target believes is a loved one.”
How to protect yourself from AI scammers
Be critical of everything you see online
Dyer warns that fake imagery and videos are becoming more widespread.
As a result, it’s important to stay on your toes and not take everything you see online at face value.
Never transfer money without research
Generating heart-breaking and convincing stories or images is easier than ever before.
Scammers can do it with the push of a button, and ask you to send money through channels that are difficult to trace – like crypto.
If you’re asked to send a substantial sum of money, you are advised to think about it.
You should independently verify anyone’s identity before acting.
Verify unexpected calls
69 per cent of individuals struggle to distinguish between human and AI generated voices.
If you receive a call from an unknown number, be wary.
Even if the voice is saying they are a friend or family member, take care to verify the caller’s identity.
You can do this by asking specific questions that only they would know.
Experts also suggest keeping an eye out for:
Odd body parts
You should pay proper attention to any people or animals in an image.
AI is known to struggle with the details of living beings, especially on hands.
It’s not uncommon to see AI generated images with abnormally long or short fingers, missing fingers, or extra fingers.
Ears, eyes and body proportions are another sign of AI involvement.
Absurd details
AI has also been known to mess up with depicting everyday objects.
Glasses, jewellery and handheld items are just some of the things it struggles with.
Some AI generates images have placed pens upside down in hands.
Often, AI forgets to match earrings, or make sure that rings go all the way around fingers.
Strange lighting or shadows
Watch out for seemingly-off shadows and lighting.
Sometimes AI can create a shadow that’s pointing the wrong way, or feature lighting that doesn’t make sense given the setting.
AI also tends to smoothen skin, ridding humans of the blemishes on real skin.
Weird backgrounds
There are some subtle nuances in AI-generated backgrounds that you should keep an eye out for.
Unnecessary patterns on walls or floors can give away AI – especially as the pattern might abruptly change.
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