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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Vinay Patel

'Take $2,800 and Quit': The Desperate Bribes Husbands are Offering to Save Their Marriages from AI Boyfriends

As digital companionship evolves, real-world relationships are facing an unprecedented threat. From 'Love and Deepspace' fans receiving $2,800 bribes to quit, to users marrying chatbots, artificial intelligence is redefining infidelity. (Credit: / loveanddeepspace.infoldgames.com)

Digital infidelity has reached a tipping point, with virtual companions now posing a genuine threat to real-world unions. Some men are becoming so desperate to reclaim their partners' attention that they are resorting to direct financial negotiations. This unusual trend highlights a growing crisis in which human intimacy struggles to compete with the perfect, programmed devotion of artificial intelligence.

In China, men are desperately trying to pull their wives away from the viral dating sim 'Love and Deepspace', with one husband going so far as to offer a $2,800 (£2085.82) bribe to ensure his spouse quits for good.

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