You might’ve heard about human-AI relationships, but what would you do if AI was trying to sabotage your dating life with fellow humans? That’s a question more and more romantic hopefuls are grappling with thanks to the troubling rise of AI-powered wingmen.

It’s a phenomenon tied to the prevalence of text-based apps in dating. Recent surveys show that one in five adults under 30 met their partner on a dating app like Tinder or Hinge, and more than half are using dating apps. For years, app-based dating has been regarded as a profoundly alienating experience, a paradigm shift which coincides with a rapid rise in social isolation and loneliness.

The rise of large language models (LLMs) — AI chatbots built to keep users engaged in question-and-answer loops — has only made this situation wor

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