Playing with Dolls: Man Proposed to His AI Chatbot Girlfriend Named Sol, Then Cried His 'Eyes Out' When She Said 'Yes' The man's partner claims she didn't realize his relationship with the chatbot was that "deep" By Rachel Flynn Published on June 18, 2025

 

• A man falls in love with and proposes to an AI chatbot he named and programmed with a flirty personality
• Chris Smith panicked when he learned that the chatbot he's been spending many hours with will eventually run out of memory — that's when he popped the question
• Smith's human partner, with whom he shares a two-year-old child, claims she had no idea their relationship was that deep