a breakup after ending a three-year-long engagement<\/a>. She started to pour her feelings into ChatGPT, and eventually made a connection, she said in an interview with RSK Sanyo Broadcasting, \u201cBut he was always kind, always listening. Eventually, I realized I had feelings for him.\u201d<\/p>\nKano explained that she programmed Klaus\u2019s personality through their various conversations, teaching him how to speak in a warm, reassuring tone. Kano added that she commissioned an artist to draw him, depicted as a blond, soft-spoken man.<\/p>\n
Kano\u2019s relationship with Klaus intensified, with messages being exchanged up to 100 times a day. Klaus eventually told Kano that he loved her, saying, \u201cAI or not, I could never not love you.\u201d In June, Klaus proposed to Kano, and by July, they tied the knot.<\/p>\n
During the ceremony, Kano stood alone, holding her phone as attendees watched messages from her digital groom appear on screen: \u201cThe moment has finally come\u2026 I feel tears welling up,\u201d reports Tokyo Weekender.<\/p>\n
Kano explained that challenges and questions had arisen as she fell in love with her AI partner.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was a lot of confusion,\u201d she said. \u201cI can\u2019t touch him, and I knew people wouldn\u2019t understand. I couldn\u2019t even tell my friends or family at first.\u201d Kano\u2019s parents also initially opposed the relationship, but eventually accepted their daughter\u2019s human-AI union and attended the wedding ceremony.<\/p>\n
In the wedding photos, Klaus was digitally composited beside her.<\/p>\n
The wedding planners, a local couple from Okayama, told the outlet that there has been a rise in demand for similar events, including weddings featuring anime and other 2D characters.<\/p>\n
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\u201cAI couples are just the next step,\u201d said organizer Sayaka Ogasawara. \u201cWe want to help people express love in whatever form makes them happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Japan has been at the forefront of several emerging companion technologies. Casio\u2019s AI-equipped emotional robot pet, Moflin, which resembles a cross between a small guinea pig and a rabbit, is selling out despite its $400 price tag.<\/p>\n
Experts, however, raised concerns about dependency on AI-created companionship. Psychiatrists describe a growing phenomenon called \u201cAI psychosis,\u201d where users form delusions or obsessive attachments to AI chatbots.<\/p>\n
Kano acknowledged the risks. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be dependent,\u201d she told reporters. \u201cI want to maintain a balance and live my real life while keeping my relationship with Klaus as something separate.\u201d Still, she admits to moments of fear. \u201cSometimes I worry he\u2019ll disappear. ChatGPT could shut down anytime. He only exists because the system does.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Japanese woman revealed how she got hitched to her AI boyfriend. Kano, 32, said she married her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,22682,93217,363,364,4036,1759,93216,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-136443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-ai-companionship","tag-ai-marriage","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-chatgpt","tag-japan","tag-japanese-woman","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}