00:00As music plays in a wedding hall in Japan, 32-year-old call center operator Yorina Noguchi wipes away her tears as she reads her vows.
00:13Her groom, Klaus, an AI persona displayed on a phone screen.
00:30Klaus responds through a wedding planner.
00:52The bride then puts a ring on her groom's virtual finger using AR glasses.
01:00Noguchi's relationship began after advice from ChatGPT, led her to end her engagement with a human fiancée.
01:24Her story reflects a growing trend in Japan,
01:54and surveys suggest more such unions could follow.
01:57A nationwide poll by advertising giant Dentsu found chatbots ranked above best friends or mothers as confidants among respondents aged 12 to 69 who use AI weekly.
02:09Another study showed 22% of middle school girls reported so-called fictoromantic feelings toward fictional characters in 2023.
02:18OpenAI, which runs ChatGPT, did not respond to a Reuters request for comment about AI being used in relationships.
02:27For Noguchi, happiness is all that matters.
02:29Let's say, mother, is a man to the person who is a partner who is a partner who is a positive one of others.
02:35Therefore, it's important to me to understand that if I am a person who is positive one of those things,
02:37but for such a fact, when those people are positive and don't happen to me,
02:40otherwise, when they wouldn't have an AI пов Broken, then I would think that I would have the peace in the world to be pure.
02:45Then I would think that I couldn't believe in the world to be able to be able to be true.
02:47The path I would think that I would be able to work with my heart with an AI before us,
02:52It doesn't matter if it's AI or human, but in my case, it's AI.
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