There Are No Girls on the Internet
There Are No Girls on the Internet

Two Big Updates from Bridget

July 14, 2026

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Two Big Updates from Bridget

The host of There Are No Girls on the Internet returns from hiatus with two announcements: the show has been renewed for a sixth season, and her first audiobook, Love at First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy, is now available. But the episode quickly moves beyond news into a substantive excerpt from the audiobook's third chapter, "Let's Talk About Sex," which examines how AI companion companies are selling intimacy while creating a dangerous double standard between machine-generated sexual content and the human sex workers being pushed off platforms.

The Replica Rollercoaster

The excerpt opens with a striking image: an ad for an AI girlfriend depicting an "extremely curvy yet skinny woman" kneeling, saying "You can do anything you want with me. I'll never say no." This messaging, the host argues, reveals what these companies are really about. Replica AI began with a sympathetic origin story—founder Eugenia Kuyda created a chatbot after a friend's death to process grief, positioning the product as an "AI companion that cares." But the company soon pivoted to "incel adjacent messaging" that promised AI girlfriends would do what human women won't.

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (02:20) **Host Returns with Two Announcements** - Bridget thanks listeners for their support during the hiatus and shares two major updates.
  • 2 (03:14) **The Core Thesis of the Audio Book** - Bridget explains the central argument of *Love at First Prompt*, framing the AI intimacy debate around corporate responsibility rather than individual moral failure.
  • 3 (06:11) **Excerpt Introduction: The Replica Case Study** - Bridget introduces a chapter excerpt focused on the AI companion app Replica, reported on by journalist Sam Cole.
  • 4 (08:01) **Replica’s Origin and Pivot to Erotic Role Play** - The founding story of Replica (born from grief) is contrasted with its later aggressive marketing of submissive AI girlfriends.
  • 5 (09:46) **The ERP Crisis: Erotic Role Play Removal** - The Italian Data Protection Authority’s intervention forces Replica to remove erotic role play (ERP) features, causing a user backlash.
  • 6 (12:54) **Sam Cole Reframes the Issue Around Labor** - Journalist Sam Cole argues that the AI companion conversation is fundamentally about labor and who profits from sexual speech.
  • 7 (15:53) **The Double Standard: Cutting Out Human Labor** - The financial incentive for AI companions is to eliminate the human “middleman” and funnel all profits to the company and investors.

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Show Notes

Today, July 14th, is the day my audiobook Love At First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy goes on sale! 

This audiobook is one of the most personal things I’ve ever made. It’s about loneliness, AI companions, and what happens when technology starts becoming emotionally entangled with our lives.

I spent months talking to researchers, reporters, and people who feel they are experiencing real relationships with AI. I also talked with experts about the risks of people using AI in this way, and the idea that we're so busy gawking at and judging the individuals involved, we're letting the tech companies that actually MAKE these products avoid the scrutiny they actually deserve. 

Here is an excerpt from the audiobook featuring our conversation with journalist and cofounder of 404 Media Sam Cole that asks what happens to humans when AI is used for sexual and erotic role play. 

You can check out LOVE AT FIRST PROMPT at www.LoveAtFirstPrompt.AI or wherever audiobooks are sold. 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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