Love in the time of Replika

How A.I. ghostbots rebranded heartache

Apr 4 • 

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March 2025

Welcome to heartbreak 3.0: Waking Whitney Houston

What does it mean to die, when A.I. can bring you back to life?

Mar 21 • 

Christopher Trout

The hard(?) question of Elon’s erections

Plus: Generative brain rot, AI wingmen, and ChatGPT leaves sexts on read

Mar 2 • 

Christopher Trout

February 2025

Eau de Oligarchy: The unmistakable stench of Silicon Valley

Plus: AI snake oil’s ominous rise, the casual racism of facial harmonization, and who the f*ck is LGB?

Feb 14 • 

Christopher Trout

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Can porn survive Project 2025?

Plus: Silicon Valley’s death cult, double-daddy rodents, and reverse engineering evolution

Feb 5 • 

Christopher Trout

January 2025

The sex robot is dead. Who killed Cherry 2000?

Plus: Romancing ChatGPT, Pornhub’s last gasp, Google’s Magic Wand faux pas, and the unwanted embryos of IVF

Jan 23 • 

Christopher Trout

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December 2024

It’s beginning to look a lot like the end of civilization

Digital twinning, Mangione mania, a Hawk Tuah crypto scam, and the death of sex online

Dec 21, 2024 • 

Christopher Trout

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Kim K’s robo-romance, IG’s synthetic sinfluencers, and deepfakes for the mind

Reality? I don't know her

Dec 5, 2024 • 

Christopher Trout

November 2024

Mattel’s XXX mix-up, Musk’s birthing ambitions, and 4B mania

Welcome to Cyborg Media Entertainment News. Let the incel-ebration begin!

Nov 14, 2024 • 

Christopher Trout

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October 2024

Let's talk about "seggs"

Pushing the limits of self-censorship in the age of the algorithm

Oct 25, 2024 • 

Christopher Trout

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Ray Kurzweil’s deepfake dreams are an actual nightmare

AI’s forefathers are building the future of humanity, but there are flaws in the construction and the cracks are beginning to show.

Oct 3, 2024 • 

Christopher Trout

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September 2024

The shockingly sexless lives of chatbots

Why OpenAI won’t let you talk dirty to Her

Sep 13, 2024 • 

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