“Straight Best Friend” is a groundbreaking gay web series written by ChatGPT

Sean Foo and Prince Stefan in “Straight Best Friend”Photo: Dear Straight People

The Writers Guild of America is currently on strike to prevent studios from using artificial intelligence (AI) to produce scripts. But a Singapore-based LGBTQ+ media company called Dear Straight People has done just that to create its new three-episode web series, Straight Best Friend.

The series — which follows a gay man’s adult friendship with his straight adolescent crush — was scripted using ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can produce texts based on written prompts. Dear Straight People used AI to help…