Minding The Campus Few students are dating, forming relationships, or even socializing in person these days. Rates of sexual activity have declined, and surveys consistently point to rising loneliness among young adults. Much ink has been spilled on that trend, but a newer—and more dystopian—development is emerging: artificial intelligence (AI) companions promising to fill the void left by the collapse of real-world relationships.
Apart from using AI to cheat, one in five high schoolers has begun using these tools for emotional and even romantic engagement. In fact, one analysis of more than a million ChatGPT interaction logs found that sexual role-playing ranked among the system’s most common uses, second only to creative writing—the very task large language models were originally designed to perform.
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has faced lawsuits over the risks associated with its algorithms. Beginning in 2023 and continuing through 2025, a series of lawsuits alleged harms ranging from defamation to negligence and emotional distress tied to AI-generated content. In response to growing public and regulatory pressure, OpenAI introduced stricter safeguards across 2024-2025, including limits on sexually explicit content, tighter moderation of romantic role-play—especially for minors—and expanded parental control. Restrictions on mainstream platforms such as ChatGPT, however, are largely ineffective, as alternative platforms designed specifically for intimate interaction continue to proliferate.
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