Tokyo lets AI play matchmaker, and hundreds of couples have already tied the knot
Government-run dating apps sound like something out of a policy white paper. Tokyo built one anyway, and it’s already helping turn AI matches into real marriages (via Tech Xplore). The Tokyo government launched Tokyo Enmusubi in September 2024, an AI-powered matchmaking app, with a pretty serious objective: combatting Japan’s plummeting birth rate.
- ▪Government-run dating apps sound like something out of a policy white paper.
- ▪Tokyo built one anyway, and it’s already helping turn AI matches into real marriages (via Tech Xplore).
- ▪The Tokyo government launched Tokyo Enmusubi in September 2024, an AI-powered matchmaking app, with a pretty serious objective: combatting Japan’s plummeting birth rate.
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Government-run dating apps sound like something out of a policy white paper. Tokyo built one anyway, and it’s already helping turn AI matches into real marriages (via Tech Xplore). So how does this app actually work? The Tokyo government launched Tokyo Enmusubi in September 2024, an AI-powered matchmaking app, with a pretty serious objective: combatting Japan’s plummeting birth rate. The idea came from a survey, which showed roughly 70% of people who wanted to marry simply weren’t actively dating. Representative Image (AI-generated) To keep things on track, anyone joining had to prove they were legally single and pass an online interview before getting matched.
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