When Sarah*, 29, opened her messages to a long, apologetic paragraph from her ex boyfriend after nine years of on-and-off bullshit, she felt almost relieved. In all the years of back-and-forth, and never finding out what he really felt, he finally laid it out in front of her. He took accountability, acknowledged her feelings, and even validated the relationship and all the years of turmoil it brought. And you know what? She felt good about it. He was being mature, empathetic... all the things she knew he wasn’t. Interesting ...

She scanned the text for familiar patterns and—like a reflex—went to copy the text onto an online scanner. And there it was: “Your text is AI/GPT generated.”

This, of course, is not the first time this has happened to someone. According to a Wingmate survey of more than 1,000 U.S. adults, 41 percent of respondents have used AI to break up with someone . One of the most difficult and emotional parts of dating is being handed off to a chatbot like an administrative task.…