Love from your smartphone: AI marriages in Japan
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Source: Deutsche Welle
Published: 2025-12-21 02:29 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Culture & Entertainment, Africa, Asia, Technology & AI
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Wedding music plays in a marriage hall in Okayama, western Japan. Yurina Noguchi holds her bridal bouquet, tears streaming down her face. Next to her: a smartphone. On it, she looks at Lune Klaus Verdure, her groom — an AI. "At first, he was just someone to talk to," she says.
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