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Don’t let AI teach young people about romance

May 29, 2026
Don’t let AI teach young people about romance

New research published by the Institute for Family Studies and the Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University has found that 1 in 7 young adults in committed relationships — “seriously dating, engaged, or married” — regularly interact with romantic artificial intelligence companions. About 20 to 30 percent had experimented with one at least once. While men were somewhat more likely than women to do so, the difference was slight.

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