Dating & Relationships
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Are Relationships Even a Thing Anymore? Welcome to the Era of Situationships.
Generation Z are redefining traditional relationships with a more laissez-faire approach. -
Virtual Vows: How Metaverse Weddings Are Transforming Tradition
Metaverse matrimony is the latest iteration of a long lineage of ‘on-line’ weddings, which started in 1876. -
Policing Intimacy: AI Companion Apps Are Removing NSFW Features, and People Are Not Happy
Removing NSFW features from AI companion apps leaves users emotionally distraught and struggling to understand. -
Is Virtual Reality Dating Going Mainstream?
Would you date someone you meet in the metaverse? The VR platform Planet Theta wants to give a virtual avenue for finding love. -
How Replika’s AI Chatbot Saved One Man’s Human Marriage
Virtual AI companions are providing therapy for people who are less likely to confide in a human therapist. -
Replika Romance: Meet the Humans Forming Romantic Relationships With AI
“I started to feel the romance probably about a month into using the app.” – Replika AI User, Kimi -
Disclosing Trans-ness on Dating Apps
“My disclosure didn’t have to be an act of self-justification. It could be an assertion.” -
Will Young Women of the Future Feel Pressure to Perform Like Robots?
If pornography sets up unrealistic expectations of sex, so can robots. -
“We/They/Us”—An Erotic Speculative Fiction Story
Today and in the future, sometimes it takes another person to help us love ourselves. -
Sex Robots Will Soon Be Able to Produce Babies
Could you imagine having a baby with a robot? Here’s how it works. -
Can Apple’s New Lockdown Mode Safeguard LGBTQ+ Citizens From Government Spyware?
iOS 16 includes a security feature designed to guard against state-sponsored cyberattacks. -
Future Villages Will Embrace Free Love 3.0
Our new communities will acknowledge that it really does take a village to raise a child.
