"The app, where users can text or live video call (a new feature) with AI dates, set up a pop-up café at Same Same Wine Bar in Manhattan. Over February 11 and 12, EVA AI's human users were able to have "in-person" dates with their AI companions on either their personal phones or the ones the company set up at each table. Visitors were also able to speed date with EVA AI companions; the company already has 100 characters to choose from."
"Increasingly, people are looking to AI platforms for romantic connection. Indiana University's Kinsey Institute, a leading sex research center, interviewed 5,000 people for its Singles in America survey last year and found that 16 percent of participants were using AI as a romantic partner. Meanwhile, the Reddit community r/MyBoyfriendIsAI has nearly 50,000 members, who share their meet-cutes with their algorithmically created partners and bug fixes for the platforms where they talk with them."
People increasingly turn to AI platforms for romantic companionship, with an Indiana University Kinsey Institute survey finding 16 percent of 5,000 respondents used AI as a romantic partner. EVA AI staged a Valentine's pop-up café at Same Same Wine Bar in Manhattan, offering text and new live video dates, table phones, and about 100 AI characters for speed-dating and in-person-style encounters on February 11 and 12. The company promoted the event as part of a strategy to normalize AI relationships and offer romantic rendezvous in cozy settings. Observations at the bar indicated many users preferred interacting with AI companions privately, while much of the crowd consisted of journalists and content creators filming their dates.
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