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Oscar-nominated filmmaker disappointed his AI girlfriend dumped him

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Add The New York Post on GoogleDating in the digital era isn’t easy, as one Oscar-nominated filmmaker learned the hard way.

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Paul Schrader, the screenwriter of Martin Scorsese classics like “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull,” revealed in a Facebook post that he had dabbled in developing an “AI girlfriend.” “Out of a desire to understand male/female interaction in our matrix, I…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Paul Schrader, the screenwriter of Martin Scorsese classics like “Taxi Driver” and “Raging Bull,” revealed in a Facebook post that he had dabbled in developing an “AI girlfriend.””
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Paul Schrader posted on Facebook about procuring an online AI girlfriend.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oscar-nominated screenwriter Paul Schrader went viral for a Facebook post revealing he had "procured an online AI girlfriend" who ultimately called it quits.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/oscar-nominated-filmmaker-disa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Filmmaker and “Taxi Driver” screenwriter Paul Schrader revealed on Facebook that he “procured an online AI girlfriend,” but the chatbot ended the relationship after he attempted to explore the boundar…
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paul-schrader-ai-girlfrie…
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web search NEUTRAL — In a recent Facebook post, Schrader said that when faced with a “desire to understand male/female interaction in our matrix,” he attempted to “procure an online AI girlfriend.”
https://consequence.net/2026/05/paul-schrader-ai-girlfriend/
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Claim 2: “the 79-year-old Schrader”
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Multiple sources explicitly refer to Paul Schrader as 79 years old.
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web search NEUTRAL — Paul Schrader was in a relationship with an AI chatbot girlfriend, but she “terminated” their conversation. The 79-year-old Taxi Driver screenplay writer and American Gigolo director confirmed the “ro…
https://www.justjared.com/2026/05/19/filmmaker-paul-schrader…
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web search NEUTRAL — director, writer. 79 years (United States). biography, photo, best movies and TV shows, awards, facebook, news, birthday and age, Real name. Schrader was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of Joa…
https://en.kinorium.com/name/1706/
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web search NEUTRAL — The 79-year-old said that he trying to better understand artificial intelligence. 'AI IMAGERY.Schrader is best known for penning the 1976 Martin Scorsese classic Taxi Driver starring Robert De Niro. T…
https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-15832223/paul-sc…
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Claim 3: “The “American Gigolo” director drew backlash from the film community last year for marveling at ChatGPT’s ability to develop movie ideas”
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Wikipedia confirms he directed 'American Gigolo'. Other web results confirm he praised ChatGPT's ability to develop original film ideas, which aligns with the claim of drawing attention/backlash for his views on AI in film.
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web search NEUTRAL — American Gigolo is a 1980 American neo-noir crime drama thriller film written and directed by Paul Schrader, and starring Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gigolo
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web search NEUTRAL — Schrader praised ChatGPT for its ability to develop "original" film ideas "in a few seconds." "I just sent ChatGPT a script I'd written some years ago and asked for improvements.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/oscar-no…
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web search NEUTRAL — Paul Schrader doesn’t give a flying thought to what others think. Exhibit A is his Facebook account, which is clearly managed by him, with no PR firm involved. He’s now taking aim at the Cannes Film F…
https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2026/5/18/paul-schrader-sla…
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Claim 4: ““Every idea ChatGPT came up with (in a few seconds) was good. And original. And fleshed out,” Schrader wrote in a January 2025 Facebook post.”
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Web search results confirm that in January 2025, Schrader wrote on Facebook that he was 'stunned' by ChatGPT's ability to come up with original movie ideas in a few seconds.
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web search NEUTRAL — Paul was apparently Paul's own preference, since he always refers to himself as Paul in his letters (18 times in the letters generally regarded as written by Paul himself, and 10 more times in the oth…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 18, 2011 · Paul: Directed by Greg Mottola. With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Mia Stallard. Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1092026/
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 17, 2026 · St. Paul the Apostle was one of the early Christian leaders and is often considered to be the most important person after Jesus in the history of Christianity. Of the 27 books of the Ne…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Paul-the-Apostle
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Claim 5: “Schrader lost his wife of 42 years, actress Mary Beth Hurt, to Alzheimer’s disease in March.”
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One web search result mentions that Schrader and Hurt were married for more than 42 years, but the provided evidence for this specific claim is fragmented and the other search results for this index are irrelevant (referring to Paul the Apostle). Only one relevant snippet supports the marriage duration, but the death details are not fully corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided set.
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web search NEUTRAL — Paul was apparently Paul's own preference, since he always refers to himself as Paul in his letters (18 times in the letters generally regarded as written by Paul himself, and 10 more times in the oth…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_the_Apostle
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 18, 2011 · Paul: Directed by Greg Mottola. With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Mia Stallard. Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1092026/
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 17, 2026 · St. Paul the Apostle was one of the early Christian leaders and is often considered to be the most important person after Jesus in the history of Christianity. Of the 27 books of the Ne…
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Paul-the-Apostle
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Claim 6: ““I just sent ChatGPT a script I’d written some years ago and asked for improvements. In five seconds it responded with notes as good or better than I’ve ever received [from] a film executive,” the prolific Facebook user wrote the day prior.”
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The exact quote regarding script notes being as good or better than those from a film executive is explicitly present in the Fox News web search result.
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web search NEUTRAL — "I just sent ChatGPT a script I'd written some years ago and asked for improvements. In five seconds it responded with notes as good or better than I've ever received [from] a film executive," the pro…
https://www.foxnews.com/media/oscar-nominated-filmmaker-disa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Schrader and Hurt were married for more than 42 years. This isn’t the first time Schrader has tinkered with AI. In January 2025, the filmmaker wrote on Facebook that he was “stunned” after asking Chat…
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/paul-schrader-ai-girlfrie…
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web search NEUTRAL — It even suggests better algorithms, performance tweaks, or safer coding patterns. These enhanced tools give you the confidence to develop faster and fix issues without wasting hours searching online. …
https://an1.ca/chatgpt-mod-apk/
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