In March 2024, Kay’s therapist suggested that she reconnect with her ex-boyfriend. The 25-year-old was feeling lost, and she missed the support of her ex — a married man 42 years her elder who had been her life coach. “Why don’t you go ahead and reach back out to him?” she remembers the counselor saying. “The mentorship was really helpful.” Kay sent him a WhatsApp message. “Within two weeks, we were back to turmoil,” she says. He was still living with his wife and children, whom he repeatedly promised to leave. Within a year of resuming their romantic relationship, Kay was feeling “stifled and suffocated,” and she no longer trusted her therapist’s guidance on the situation.

Instead, Kay turned to ChatGPT for help. She’d already been using the platform to help her write cover letters and

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