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Survey Says 28% of U.S. Adults Report Romantic Relationships With AI, Prompting Methodology Questions

Differing definitions and prior research with lower rates are fueling uncertainty over how common AI intimacy actually is.

Overview

  • Vantage Point Counseling Services surveyed 1,012 U.S. adults and reported that about 28% have had an intimate or romantic relationship with an AI, with a margin of error of roughly 3%.
  • More than half of respondents (about 54%) said they had some form of relationship with an AI platform, including nonromantic roles such as friend, colleague, or confidant.
  • Respondents identified ChatGPT as the platform they felt most connected to, followed by Character.ai, Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Google’s Gemini.
  • Among those reporting intimate AI relationships, 53% said they are currently in successful committed human relationships such as marriage or long-term partnerships.
  • Gizmodo flagged methodological caveats, noting the use of SurveyMonkey and contrasting the 28% figure with lower estimates from other studies, including Match/Kinsey’s 16% romantic interactions and a Family Studies/YouGov finding that 1% of under-40s have an AI companion.