𝐈’𝐦 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚 — 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐜 — 𝐀𝐈.𝐃𝐍𝐀 | 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 + 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 + 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 | 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 #𝟐𝟖.
What happens when intelligence no longer competes only for our attention, but also for our affection?
Read the full newsletter in Citiesabc: https://citiesabc.com/50m-people-are-dating-ai-agents-ai-love-or-ai-fearmongering
More than 50 million people are already forming relationships with AI companions, while Emotional AI is transforming healthcare, education, enterprise software, customer experience and digital identity.
Together, these developments point towards the emergence of the Feelings Economy, where human emotion becomes a computational interface, emotional intelligence becomes an economic resource and our relationships with machines become increasingly personal.
Inside this edition:
💠 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: AI Love? 50+ Million People Are Dating AI Agents
💠 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: The Feelings Economy — The US$1.2 Trillion Business of Human Emotion
💠 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬: Ben Cera, Erald Ghoos and Katey Lockwood
💠 𝐀𝐈 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬: Manus AI and Emergent
💠 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬: Gemini Robotics 2, Google Vids, the UK AI Taskforce, AI companion platforms, DesignVerse and Culdcept The First
💠 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: PURBASHREE by NEHHDC and its technology-verified supply chain for Indian handicrafts
💠 𝐀𝐈 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Wisdomia’s Wonders of Nature — Butterfly
💠 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos
As AI learns to recognise our emotions, respond to our needs and participate in our relationships, the real question is no longer whether machines can understand us.
It is whether we will still recognise where humanity ends and the algorithm begins.
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