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Palantalk, E16: AI Dating Gone Rogue with Dana DuBois

A recording from Dana DuBois and Banner & Backbone Media's live video

By Dana DuBois, Banner & Backbone Media, Shane Yirak, and Nick ParoDecember 8, 2025 · 1 min read

Huge thanks to Nick Paro and Shane Yirak for inviting me as a guest on Palantalk today to talk about my recent essay, Facebook’s Dating AI Tried to Send Me on a Date With a Man Who Didn’t Exist.

I joined the Palantalk podcast today to talk about this story, not because it’s wild (it is), but because it’s important. When an AI system can fabricate a man, a concert, and a real-world meetup, women’s safety becomes a testing ground.

If you believe this deserves wider attention, please restack the story. And if you know anyone in media who covers AI, tech accountability, or digital safety, I’d love an introduction. This needs sunlight.

Here’s the story:

Thank you Caro Henry, Beth Cruz, CLEAR Rule of Law, jybyky, Judith Evans, and many others for tuning into my live video with Nick Paro, Shane Yirak, and Banner & Backbone Media!

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Dana DuBois

The memoirist

Dana DuBois is a memoirist and Gen X word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest. She founded I Write Out Loud, her Substack publication, where she writes across a range of subjects; parenting, music and pop culture, relationships, and feminism are her favorites. She co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. Em dashes, Oxford commas, and well-placed semicolons make her heart happy. All stories by Dana