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The first AI bots designed for the express purpose of romance rise to prominence. Thousands of people, mostly young men, fall in love with chatbots meant to emulate women.

Verma, Pranshu. "They fell in love with AI bots. A software update broke their hearts." The Washington Post, March 30, 2023.

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Due to the prevalence of AI in all facets of life, people interacting with AI work assistants and AI everyday task assistants, it no longer seems so strange to be interacting with an AI for leisure, and there is much less of a stigma on having AI friendships and relationships.

Case, Tony. "There's an epidemic of loneliness: will AI make it worse?" Worklife, June 6, 2023.

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Companies, thoroughly and increasingly dedicated to optimizing the dating experience with AI, create the first physical AI robot companions. They would look something like the robot Sophia does, and have limited physical capabilities compared to those of a human.

Korn, Jennifer. "Modern romance: falling in love with AI." CNN, August 13, 2023.

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By now, AI-powered robot companions are much more physically refined and can act and move pretty convincingly like a human would. Their AI is also leagues better than the kind we have now, seeming almost human in their thought and speech. Around 10 percent of the taken US population has an AI partner.

Watercutter, Angela. "Ex Machina has a serious fembot problem." WIRED, April 9, 2015.

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We are now past the threshold for the estimated date of the advent of AGI, 2047, and we have reached it. AI-powered robot companions are more robust than ever before, practically indistinguishable from humans. 20 percent of the taken US population has an AI partner. I'm at my high school reunion, and I see Josh, who brought with him his wife UA6-T285620B194. He is very happy, and she appears to be, too.