‘They did actually feel real’: When a dating app uses AI personas but advertises itself as fully human

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Published 7 Oct 2026, 9:00 am·17 h ago·1 min read

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AI company Anthropic uncovered a China-based studio running more than 20 dating app variants for US users, where three in four profiles were AI and real people were hired mainly for video calls.

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