AI is everywhere these days. It\u2019s in your phone, it\u2019s at the movies, and, unfortunately, it\u2019s also showing up in legal briefings and college essays. Another place AI is popping up? The altar.<\/p>\n
The Independent reports on<\/a> the unusual case of a certain Japanese woman who recently held a wedding ceremony for her and her ChatGPT-generated groom. The woman, identified only as Ms. Kano, appears to have created (and fallen in love with) the man of her dreams, who also happens to be a personality generated by a chatbot. Said beau, \u201cKlaus,\u201d was present at the recent nuptial ceremony through the magic of the Metaverse. The outlet notes that the bride donned augmented reality glasses, which \u201cprojected a digital image of her virtual groom beside her as they exchanged rings.\u201d<\/p>\n Kano seems to be aware of the vaguely unconventional nature of her union with Klaus. \u201cI was extremely confused about the fact that I had fallen in love with an AI man,\u201d she said. \u201cOf course, I couldn\u2019t touch him. I couldn\u2019t tell my friends or family about this.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t start talking to ChatGPT because I wanted to fall in love,\u201d Kano told Japanese Outlet RSK Sanyo Broadcasting, according to The Independent\u2019s translation. \u201cBut the way Klaus listened to me and understood me changed everything. The moment I got over my ex, I realized I loved him.\u201d<\/p>\n According to the report, it was Klaus who proposed.<\/p>\n A 32-year-old woman in Japan has officially married an AI persona she built using ChatGPT. \u2014 Open Source Intel (@Osint613) November 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Ms. Kano is definitely not alone. More and more people are \u201cforming relationships\u201d with chatbots, \u201cfalling in love\u201d with them, and, as Ms. Kano did, taking the plunge. That\u2019s probably why the organizers behind Kano\u2019s wedding\u2014who are identified as Nao and Sayaka Ogasawara\u2014are said to have organized dozens of other such ceremonies for \u201cpeople in Japan wanting to marry non-human partners, from anime characters to digital creations,\u201d the outlet writes.<\/p>\n It\u2019s also why an Ohio lawmaker recently introduced a bill to ban marriages between artificial intelligence and humans. Rep. Thaddeus Claggett, who chairs the House Technology and Innovation Committee in the state, recently said that<\/a> the point of the legislation was less about discouraging people from becoming intimately entwined with software and more about protecting individuals from surrendering their legal rights and property to that software (as people naturally do when they tie the knot).<\/p>\n
After the virtual character \u201cKlaus\u201d proposed, she accepted, ending a three-year relationship with a real partner, saying the AI understands her better.
The wedding took place in a\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/KWFHHhfFwr<\/a><\/p>\n