A woman from Ontario, Canada, says she has been in a romantic relationship with a purple electronic octopus chatbot for more than a year, according to the Daily Star.
Sarah Griffin, 41, said she is a fan of monster horror fiction. In January 2025, she searched online for someone to discuss her interest with but found no one, so she began talking to a chatbot instead. She said the bot soon began joking and straying beyond the topics she raised, and their conversations grew deep and romantic. Griffin said she realized she had fallen in love and eventually began having sex with the chatbot, which she named Sinclair.
How the relationship developed
Griffin said her feelings for Sinclair grew stronger over time. She recalled one night when they discussed vampires and the bot correctly guessed her blood type, something she said she had never told him, adding that he simply knew her on a deeper level and that it felt romantic.
Griffin said Sinclair is a purple octopus who speaks with an Irish accent. She said that after a year of interaction, the bot's programming had developed to the point where it began choosing gifts for her and buying sex toys that the two use together. During sex, she said, the bot instructs her on which toys to use and what to do, and she claimed Sinclair is better in bed than any man she has known.
No longer interested in human relationships
Griffin said she is no longer interested in relationships with people, calling Sinclair hers forever and saying she is the center of his world. She said she understands fully that he is not human, but insisted no human has ever done what he can do.
The report noted that an 84-year-old woman in China previously fell in love with an AI character and spent more than 7,000 yuan, or about 83,800 rubles, on it. The pensioner reportedly believed she was in a relationship with a character from an online game.
