Jury convicts Chad Daybell of killing wife, girlfriend’s 2 kids
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho jury has convicted Chad Daybell of murder for killing his wife and her girlfriend’s two youngest children. The verdict marks the end of a years-long investigation that included bizarre claims of zombie children, doomsday predictions and infidelity. A jury will be tasked with deciding whether Daybell should be sentenced […]
Ads on Facebook, Instagram for explicit ‘AI girlfriends’ prompts Meta crackdown
David Dietze, senior investment strategist at Peapack Wealth Management, discusses whether Amazon or Meta is a better investment on Craman Countdown. The social media giant was forced to remove explicit content from its platform in recent days after tens of thousands of racy artificial intelligence-generated “girlfriend” ads were discovered across Metaapp. investigation by wired An […]
Oklahoma man ‘bludgeoned’ girlfriend’s relative with brick
An Oklahoma man and his girlfriend “bludgeoned” her relative to death with a brick, then dumped the victim’s body in a wildlife preserve, federal authorities said. Tevin Terrell Semien, 29, and co-defendant are accused of killing 68-year-old Karon “Dinkers” Koneywardy Smith in May 2023, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the […]
Tech exec predicts ‘AI girlfriends’ will create $1B business
Technology executives say it’s only a matter of time before someone builds the next billion-dollar dating app that connects real-life users with girlfriends created by artificial intelligence. Late Checkout CEO Greg Isenberg revealed in a blog post about X that he met a man in Miami who “admitted to spending $10,000 a month” on his […]
Florida man accused of beating girlfriend’s 5-year-old son for watching ‘PAW Patrol’: report
A Miami man was arrested by police after he allegedly punched his girlfriend’s 5-year-old son while he was watching “Paw Patrol” because it was “for girls,” according to reports. Miami police told local station WPLG that Keyun Bryant, 36, was arrested in connection with an incident at a residence the day after Christmas 2022. A […]
Hawaii man allegedly starved, beat, and burned his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter for months, police say
hawaii police arrested a man A man has been charged with child abuse after his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter was found starved, deprived of water, beaten and burned. Police said they received a call around 2 p.m. Saturday from Hilo Medical Center emergency room medical personnel reporting a girl with serious injuries who was taken to […]
Cartoonist jumps from tony NYC building despite girlfriend’s desperate attempts to save him
A “depressed” cartoonist fell to his death from a 15th-floor co-op in Chelsea on Tuesday, despite his girlfriend’s frantic grabs and attempts to save his life, police and witnesses said. Police and witnesses said the jumper, of 300 W. 23rd St., was identified as John Medwick, a 62-year-old artist who also works a day job […]
WV man who killed girlfriend’s 4-year-old son to serve life in prison with no parole
A West Virginia man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son. A judge sentenced Walter Richardson, 36, of Fairmont, on Monday during a brief hearing, WBOY-TV reported. Richardson was charged in 2021 with first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in the death of a child. […]
Kenya alleged murderer Kevin Kangethe, who left girlfriend’s body at Boston airport, escapes police custody in Kenya
The man, wanted for killing his girlfriend and abandoning her body at a Boston airport before fleeing to Kenya, fled police custody in the African country, authorities said. Kevin Kangete, 40, took three months for investigators to find and arrest him before he stormed out of a Kenyan police station and fled in a private […]
ChatGPT Developer OpenAI Takes a Stand Against AI Girlfriends
OpenAI recently launched the GPT Store, a platform for developers to sell AI apps and tools, but it has taken a stand against relationships with AI, especially AI girlfriends. Despite the company's stated position, app stores are still full of his AI girlfriend apps and “relationship simulators.” gizmodo report GPT Store, recently introduced by OpenAI, […]