Modern love: Gen Z turning to AI to do their dating dirty work breakup texts and apologies

Artificial intelligence is now writing “It’s not you, it’s me” texts for Gen Z.A new national survey from dating assistant Wingmate found that 41% of young adults have used AI to help end a relationship, with women slightly more likely than men to let the bots do the dirty work.The survey, which polled over 1,000 U.S.adults who’ve used AI for dating, shows just how deep AI has embedded itself in modern romance.Nearly half of 18- to 29-year-olds said they’ve turned to AI tools to write breakup texts, apologies or manage relationship conflict.The most common uses include dating-bio optimization, conversation starters, replying to messages and resolving conflict.

Roughly one-third of users sought direct dating advice, and nearly half turned to AI for help writing apologies or other emotionally sensitive messages.For some, it’s about simplicity: 29% said dating became “simpler” with AI, and 21% said it helped them talk to more people.Others said it boosted their confidence — with more than half reporting better conversations when using AI.But when it comes to the end of a relationship, things can get .

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robotic.TikTok features a growing number of videos where users expose breakup messages they claim were clearly AI-generated.One viral post captioned “When he sends a breakup text that looks entirely written by ChatGPT, em dashes and all” has racked up nearly 240,000 views.Another shows a woman running her breakup message through an AI detector, which immediately labels it 100% GPT-generated.Not everyone’s convinced AI belongs in their love lives.

While most respondents said it was useful or neutral, a few called it inauthentic and more than one in five admitted they use it but don’t tell anyone. Dr.Jess Carbino, former in-house sociologist for Tinder and Bumble, said it can be depriving to outsource the task of breaking up with an individual to AI.

“Individuals might also mistakenly assume that what AI generates in this domain is va...