{"id":20417,"date":"2025-10-12T05:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T03:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/i-realised-id-been-chatgpt-ed-into-bed-how-chatfishing-made-finding-love-on-dating-apps-even-weirder\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T05:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T03:37:36","slug":"i-realised-id-been-chatgpt-ed-into-bed-how-chatfishing-made-finding-love-on-dating-apps-even-weirder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/12\/i-realised-id-been-chatgpt-ed-into-bed-how-chatfishing-made-finding-love-on-dating-apps-even-weirder\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I realised I\u2019d been ChatGPT-ed into bed\u2019: how \u2018Chatfishing\u2019 made finding love on dating apps even weirder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it\u2019s one thing to use a witty phrase \u2013 another thing entirely to build a whole fake persona \u2026<\/p>\n

Standing outside the pub, 36-year-old business owner Rachel took a final tug on her vape and steeled herself to meet the man she\u2019d spent the last three weeks opening up to. They\u2019d matched on the dating app Hinge and built a rapport that quickly became something deeper. \u201cFrom the beginning he was asking very open-ended questions, and that felt refreshing,\u201d says Rachel. One early message from her match read: \u201cI\u2019ve been reading a bit about attachment styles lately, it\u2019s helped me to understand myself better \u2013 and the type of partner I should be looking for. Have you ever looked at yours? Do you know your attachment style?\u201d \u201cIt was like he was genuinely trying to get to know me on a deeper level. The questions felt a lot more thoughtful than the usual, \u2018How\u2019s your day going?\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

Soon, Rachel and her match were speaking daily, their conversations running the gamut from the ridiculous (favourite memes, ketchup v mayonnaise) to the sublime (expectations in love, childhood traumas). Often they\u2019d have late-night exchanges that left her staring at her phone long after she should have been asleep. \u201cThey were like things that you read in self-help books \u2013 really personal conversations about who we are and what we want for our lives,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

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\nWhere once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it\u2019s one thing to use a witty phrase \u2013 another thing entirely to build a whole fake persona \u2026
\nStanding outside the pub, 36-year-old business owner Rachel took a final tug on her vape and steeled herself to meet the man she\u2019d spent the last three weeks opening up to. They\u2019d matched on the dating app Hinge and built a rapport that quickly became something deeper. \u201cFrom the beginning he was asking very open-ended questions, and that felt refreshing,\u201d says Rachel. One early message from her match read: \u201cI\u2019ve been reading a bit about attachment styles lately, it\u2019s helped me to understand myself better \u2013 and the type of partner I should be looking for. Have you ever looked at yours? Do you know your attachment style?\u201d \u201cIt was like he was genuinely trying to get to know me on a deeper level. The questions felt a lot more thoughtful than the usual, \u2018How\u2019s your day going?\u2019\u201d she says.
\nSoon, Rachel and her match were speaking daily, their conversations running the gamut from the ridiculous (favourite memes, ketchup v mayonnaise) to the sublime (expectations in love, childhood traumas). Often they\u2019d have late-night exchanges that left her staring at her phone long after she should have been asleep. \u201cThey were like things that you read in self-help books \u2013 really personal conversations about who we are and what we want for our lives,\u201d she says. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it\u2019s one thing to use a witty phrase \u2013 another thing entirely to build a whole fake persona \u2026 Standing outside the pub, 36-year-old business owner Rachel took a final tug on her …<\/p>\n

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