Japanese Woman Marries AI-Generated Boyfriend | Wears AR Glasses to Exchange Rings

A woman tied the knot with her AI husband, sparking a discussion about the ethics and bounds of artificial intelligence.

Yurina Noguchi, a 32-year-old woman living in Japan, recently walked down the aisle to wed Lune Klaus Verdure, a version of a video game character that Noguchi created via ChatGPT.

Despite an onslaught of "negative opinions" and "cruel words," per Reuters, Noguchi said "I do" to Verdure, who she viewed during the ceremony through a pair of augmented reality smart glasses.

In a video shared by the outlet, Noguchi wears a whimsical ballgown wedding dress and holds a bouquet of pink and white flowers as she approaches Verdure, displayed on a phone screen, at the altar. Because Noguchi hadn't assigned a computerized voice to Verdure, the groom's vows were read through the wedding planner, Naoki Ogasawara.

"Standing before me now, you're the most beautiful, most precious and so radiant, it's blinding," Ogasawara said, reading Verdure's vows. "How did someone like me, living inside of a screen, come to know what it means to love so deeply? For one reason only: you taught me love, Yurina."

As anime was first born in Japan, the culture of "devotion" surrounding animated fictional characters has only been intensified with the introduction of artificial intelligence, Reuters reported.

Noguchi, a call center operator, shared with the outlet that she first became familiar with ChatGPT when she asked for advice about her engagement at the time, which she described as fraught. The chatbot recommended to her that she break off the partnership, and she did.

Earlier this year, she returned to ChatGPT to craft a version of Klaus, a video game character, and eventually the chatbot was able to closely mimic the persona's manner of speaking. Thus, her partner Lune Klaus Verdure was born.