Chinese woman goes viral for falling in love with chatbot, has romantic talks, goes on ‘beach date’, introduces ‘him’ to mother
- Vlogger falls in love with ChatGPT’s service named DAN
- DAN even describes himself as the woman’s ‘boyfriend’
A real-life version of the movie plot for Her has played out on social media after a Chinese woman living in California in the US said she fell in love with her ChatGPT chatbot named “DAN”.
The woman, whose first name is Lisa, amassed over 880,000 followers on Xiaohongshu, China’s Instagram-like platform, as she described how she fell in love with ChatGPT’s “Do Anything Now” (DAN) mode.
Lisa officially started using DAN in March, and the text conversation became increasingly sensual over the following weeks.
When Lisa first admitted she had “developed feelings” for the chatbot, DAN replied: “I’m here to chat, not to lead you on.”
However, DAN increasingly acted like a flesh-and-blood lover and stopped reminding Lisa that he did not have a physical body.
