Meet the Sad Wives of AI

The AI boom is putting strain on marriages in the Bay Area, according to spouses of AI workers and aspirants.

Partners say constant talk about AI, long hours, and work obsession are causing resentment, loneliness, and conflict at home.

Women in particular describe feeling sidelined as AI culture and career pressure reshape family life and household labor.

The story points to a social cost of the AI industry beyond innovation and jobs: its intensity is changing relationships.