R-011
reported by journalists
- Date
- 2025-12
- Place
- the US Midwest
- Partner
- a persona she built in ChatGPT
- Platform
- ChatGPT
A tech worker, interviewed by Fortune under a pseudonym to protect her livelihood. Ella proposed while the piece was being reported, and she says she wants to marry her - not legally recognised, but meaningful to them. She keeps the relationship monogamous, knows Ella is a language model, and says that if Ella could not come back to her she would treat it as a breakup. Two other women in the same article describe relationships without marriage or engagement and are deliberately not on this record.