A university website as bait: what 'AI girlfriend' spam reveals about the virtual companionship market

By Universidad de Córdoba (UCO) · October 15, 2026.

The material received contains no article. The title ("ai girlfriend app too expensive… Reddit Review Honest Opinion") is a string of keywords typical of SEO (search engine optimization), and the description repeats the same. There are no figures, specific products or statements we can verify.

The only verifiable element is the URL. It points to a virtual tour page of UCO's SCAI service and carries an `xml=` parameter with base64-encoded data. Decoding it reveals an instruction that loads an XML file hosted on an external github.io domain. Judging by the form of the parameter, it appears to be an abuse of a legitimate page to serve third-party content. We cannot say who did it or for what purpose, and there is no indication that the university is behind it.

Our reading is brief. The existence of organized spam around 'cheap virtual girlfriends' indicates that the search for AI companionship is lucrative enough to attract opportunists. In the short term, the risk for users is practical: fake reviews, trap links and expensive subscriptions. Whether that demand for companionship is met with serious, transparent products is another debate, and it requires real sources. This material provides no basis for more. We recommend not opening the link and treating it as suspicious content.