A few notable aspects: - It happened almost a full two years ago, well before the LLM explosion. - The AI girlfriend startup is a YC company: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/replika - This is the first person convicted of treason in the UK for 40+ years - Edited: That crossbow is and looks like a serious weapon.
For extra fun, the YC link there says
> Replika is an AI friend that you can talk to designed to make you…
letting you complete that sentence in the context of this news article.