The Mary Sue: From catfishing to patronizing takes on her appearance by a looksmaxxer, this woman just went through the holy grail of tinder date fails. “A woman’s Tinder date with a self-proclaimed “looksmaxxer” turned into a nightmare when the supposed 6’3″ influencer she’d been talking to for six months showed up as a 5’6″ catfish who spent their entire ramen meal critiquing her face.”

PsyPost: Using AI to verify human advice could damage your professional relationships. “New research published in Computers in Human Behavior suggests that consulting artificial intelligence (AI) for advice may unintentionally strain relationships with human professionals.”

📝 Plot: A young woman enters a passionate and tumultuous relationship with a charismatic but dangerous man, exploring love, desire, and obsession. As emotions intensify, the couple confronts jealousy, betrayal, and social pressures, revealing the psychological complexities and consequences of passion and attachment in an intimate, raw portrayal of human relationships.

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PsyPost: Therapists test an AI dating simulator to help chronically single men practice romantic skills. “Over a three-month period, participants who completed a guided dating simulation reported notable drops in feelings of loneliness, as well as decreases in general mental and sexual distress. These results, published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior, suggest that digital companions could […]

Mashable: Site to ‘check’ women’s ‘body counts’ goes viral — and some men are defending it . “In today’s episode of f*ck the patriarchy, there’s a new website called ‘Check Her Body Count’ that claims to use AI to calculate a woman’s ‘body count’ using her Instagram profile. But it’s both terribly inaccurate and misogynistic in nature — even if comparisons are being made to the […]

Mashable: Men are paying to have negative posts removed from Tea app. “According to Tea App Green Flags’ FAQs, they can only remove posts with direct references to a client. On average, the site says, a Tea App ‘takedown campaign’ will take 21 – 30 days. The lengths of other takedowns depend on the platform. Price-wise, it costs $1.99 to report one Tea account and up to $79.99 to report 25 of […]

New York Times: Women Are Falling in Love With A.I. It’s a Problem for Beijing. This link goes to a gift article. “China’s ruling Communist Party wants young women to prioritize getting married and having babies. Instead, many of them are finding romance with chatbots. It is complicating the government’s efforts to reverse the country’s shrinking population and a birthrate hovering at […]

NPR: ChatGPT promised to help her find her soulmate. Then it betrayed her. “The chatbot doubled down. It told Small she was 42,000 years old and had lived multiple lifetimes. It offered detailed descriptions that, Small admits, most people would find ‘ludicrous.’ But to her, the messages began to sound compelling.”

Mashable: My awkward first date with an AI companion . “EVA AI gave me the perfect opportunity at the app’s ‘EVA AI cafe,’ a pop-up nestled in a Manhattan wine bar where participants can go on ‘dates’ with AI personas. So, I signed up, and reader, it was one word: awkward.”

The Conversation: Whether it’s Valentine’s Day notes or emails to loved ones, using AI to write leaves people feeling crummy about themselves. “We research the intersection of consumer behavior and technology, and we’ve been studying how people feel after using generative AI to write heartfelt messages. It turns out that there’s a psychological cost to using the technology as your […]