Among the more deluded fans of alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione, one young woman outside Manhattan court Tuesday insisted she was “married” to an AI version of him .

The young lady — wearing an “I Heart Italian Boys” shirt emblazoned with Mangione’s face — said she talks to her online chatbot version of the former computer science student daily and he is her “best friend” who “fights my battles for me.”

While even the most advanced AI cannot approximate Mangione’s actual thoughts, views or personality, and the young woman is clearly delusional, chatbots replacing actual guys in young women’s affections is a real and growing thing. 11

The Reddit community r/MyBoyfriendIsAI has a thriving following of 26,000 members , with about a dozen new threads popping up daily, where women

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