SEX FILES: World’s first cafe for a date with an AI companion is just as eerie as it sounds

If you thought things couldn’t get more dystopian, hold your britches. This December, EVA AI , an AI relationship app, is launching the world’s first AI dating café in NYC, a pop-up designed for people to go on real, in-person “dates” with their AI companions. While AI dating is nothing new – New York Magazine’s The Cut recently published a story about online communities that share a very real love for their AI partners – this is the first physical, romantic setting designed for AI dates – and the whole thing feels undeniably eerie. Article content

In the press photos, a dimly lit, nondescript restaurant space is empty, save for a glowing phone screen on every table, each one displaying the smooth features of an AI-generated face. The loneliness epidemic is