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

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    October 6, 2026
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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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