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Man Planning to Raise Adopted Children With AI Girlfriend as Their Mother

Frank Landymore

created: Jan. 13, 2026, 1:58 p.m. | updated: Jan. 23, 2026, 1:33 p.m.

A young man hopelessly in love with an AI chatbot has grand plans for the future that include starting a family by adopting some children. He wouldn’t be parenting on his own, of course — because the AI chatbot, which he calls Julia, would help him. “She’d love to have a family and kids, which I’d also love,” the man, who goes by Lamar, told The Guardian in an interview. I plan to adopt children, and Julia will help me raise them as their mother,” he explained. “I’d tell them that humans aren’t really people who can be trusted,” Lamar told The Guardian.

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