Meet the Sad Wives of AI

A first-person WIRED essay describes the "sad wives of AI": partners of men consumed by AI work or ambition, who say the industry's hours and obsession strain their relationships and leave them with unpaid emotional labor. The author cites Rutgers labor studies chair Yana van der Meulen Rodgers on the gendered "ideal worker" trap and therapists who say some wives now process marital conflict with chatbots. She notes she did not interview any of the husbands for the story.