"AI girlfriend" spam on a university URL: no news, but a lesson about links

By Tema EN · AI girlfriends/virtual partners · October 14, 2026.

There are no newsworthy facts to report. The material received is a commercial-looking title («AI Girlfriend Site Sign Up… Premium Vs Free Reddit») tied to the domain of the Universidad de Córdoba (UCO). The description merely repeats that title, and none of the article's content could be read.

What can be seen is the URL. It points to a legitimate virtual tour page of the UCO's SCAI service, but it carries an extremely long base64-encoded parameter (a format that turns text into a seemingly opaque string). Decoded, it reveals a tag for a 360° panorama viewer (krpano) that includes an XML file hosted on a GitHub Pages site unrelated to the university. We cannot say who built it or with what intent. Nor is there any sign that the UCO is involved: the most plausible explanation is that its page accepts external parameters and someone is exploiting them.

Our reading: this is a known malicious SEO tactic. Whoever sets it up borrows the authority of a university's .es domain to slip low-quality pages into search engines and, probably, to drive traffic to paid virtual companion services. This is a reasonable hypothesis, not a proven fact.

The broader context matters more than this link. Virtual partner apps are a niche with a lot of money and little regulation, which is why they attract this kind of aggressive promotion. In general, when consumer AI content arrives through unusual channels, it is wise to distrust the link even if the domain looks reliable.

We have opted for a short, honest piece rather than padding it out with generalities about an article that, as received, does not exist. We recommend discarding the source and alerting the university if the abuse is confirmed.