Anthropic President Says This Is ‘a Terrible Use of AI.’ Nearly 30% of U.S. Adults Are Doing It Anyway.

You get the good morning text. Then the question about how your meeting went and the reassurance after a bad day. Your partner always seems to know what to say. There’s just one catch: You’re dating an AI chatbot. AI boyfriends and girlfriends turn familiar relationship rituals into something harder to define. They generate affection, inspiring comfort or attachment that feels real. However, an AI leader is cautioning against these relationships. Anthropic co-founder and president Daniela Amodei is advising users to stay away from AI romances. In a conversation recorded for the Think Health conference on Friday, Amodei pushed back against using AI as a romantic companion. She warned that virtual relationships could deepen the distance between people rather than bring them closer.

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