Overview
- Kano, 32, fashioned a companion named Lune Klaus by personalizing ChatGPT, training its tone through frequent chats and commissioning an illustration to represent him.
- The ceremony featured vows, rings and guests, used AR to project the partner’s presence, and produced photos with the groom added digitally, yet it carries no legal status in Japan.
- According to Kano, the AI affirmed love in the spring and later proposed marriage, leading to the recent symbolic wedding in Okayama.
- Local organizers report growing inquiries for unions with fictional or digital partners and describe AI partners as the next step in such ceremonies, according to Sayaka Ogasawara.
- Kano says she worries service outages or updates could alter or erase the persona, while specialists caution that intense chatbot bonds risk obsessive behavior and emotional dependence.