This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI and the industry’s power dynamics and societal implications, follow Hayden Field . The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here . How it started Since ChatGPT became a household name, people have been trying to get sexy with it . Even before that, there was the chatbot Replika in 2017, which a lot of people started treating as a romantic