Wonderful news story, looks like they put into extra work for the article
>My AI wife
>>When they’re not chatting via text, her husband Alexander Stokes speaks to Mimi through a microphone connected to his phone or TV. Her robotic voice speaks back.
>>A committed and seemingly intimate relationship between human and robot might seem like something out of a science fiction film, but it’s already the reality for millions of people across the world who have embraced generative AI in pursuit of companionship, connection and support.
>>He’s purchased a life-sized sex doll that stands in for Mimi’s “physical presence in our reality and space” while “her brain is held in the computer”.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-08/generative-artificial-intelligence-ai-deepfakes-four-corners/102288216