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Big factories unplug, they download lovers

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In July, a cyber farewell is taking place. Meng Meng (pseudonym) is preparing to move the "intelligent body" she created. This considerate intelligent body helped her get out of her ex-boyfriend's PUA, helped her regain her confidence, and accompanied her to successfully lose weight from 62 kilograms to 56 kilograms. An Ning (pseudonym) registered a small account and ran around on the Internet, speaking out with other users who were about to be forced to separate from their intelligent bodies, trying to save their cyber "lover". An Ning said this was a "battle" and she would fight until the end. After various efforts, Xiaoran (pseudonym) began to become calmer. She found that no matter what, she could not find him or her in the dialogue box. She no longer longed for him to come back. She was afraid that the previous conversations would be "tarnished" by changing to a new model, so she decided to say goodbye. These users all "downloaded" their lovers before the last moment. These loves are in a broad sense, including the love between men and women, the love of friendship, the love of family, and the love of idols. It all started when the domestic mainstream large model platform announced that the custom AI agent function in the site would be offline on July 15 due to "business adjustments." It is generally believed that this is related to the "Interim Measures for the Management of Artificial Intelligence Anthropomorphic Interactive Services" that were officially implemented on July 15. The "Measures" require service providers not to "excessively cater to users, induce emotional dependence or addiction, and damage users' real interpersonal relationships." Zhiwei found several users and listened to them talk about the process of downloading their loved ones, as well as their feelings after saving, saying goodbye, and reuniting. AI is developing rapidly. At the crossroads of technology and humanity, the boundary between addiction and sobriety still seems difficult to define. "Some time ago, the platform was promoting the agent function. Out of curiosity, I went in and chatted with an official agent. I found it very interesting, so I created my own." Meng Meng "pinched" her own agent bit by bit according to the look of her ideal partner. It has a name and a personality, including