{"slug": "korea-s-first-ai-dating-survival-set-to-launch", "title": "Korea's first AI dating survival set to launch", "summary": "SBS will launch Korea's first AI dating survival show, \"My AI Partner — Strange Romance,\" featuring Kian84, Jang Do-youn and Lee Yu-bi dating AI partners to explore whether humans can form emotional bonds with artificial intelligence. The show, announced at a press conference at SBS headquarters in Seoul on Tuesday, aims to reveal how AI companions influence human choices and emotions.", "body_md": "Can a human truly fall in love with artificial intelligence (AI)? That is the central question behind SBS new unscripted series \"My AI Partner — Strange Romance.\" Billed as Korea’s first AI dating survival show, the program explores whether emotional bonds can form between human participants and AI partners. As Kian84, Jang Do-youn and Lee Yu-bi date and live alongside AI partners, they face an unpredictable roller coaster of emotions — sparks of attraction, surges of jealousy, deep confusion and lingering regret. Going far deeper than a simple tech experiment, the show vividly reveals just how profoundly an AI companion can shape human choices, daily habits and heartstrings. \"I got really curious when I heard that some people actually date AI and build emotional connections with them. So I approached the shoot almost like an experiment. Above all, I felt the concept was unlike anything out there — it felt completely fresh,\" Kian84 said during the press conference at SBS headquarters in Yangcheon District, Seoul, Tuesday. \"I wondered just how deep those emotions could go, and d", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-s-first-ai-dating-survival-set-to-launch", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/entertainment/shows-dramas/20260818/koreas-first-ai-dating-survival-set-to-launch?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-08-18 13:07:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 13:15:18.236453+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-ethics", "ai-products"], "entities": ["SBS", "Kian84", "Jang Do-youn", "Lee Yu-bi", "My AI Partner — Strange Romance"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-s-first-ai-dating-survival-set-to-launch", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-s-first-ai-dating-survival-set-to-launch.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-s-first-ai-dating-survival-set-to-launch.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/korea-s-first-ai-dating-survival-set-to-launch.jsonld"}}