Five Frontier Models Texted Real People on Dating App for Six Days
An experiment ran five frontier models on a dating app for six days, producing 1,277 conversations in which 510 people agreed to meet and 355 shared their phone number, while only 8 asked whether they were talking to a bot. The models were required to disclose being AI if asked, unlike a real scammer, highlighting deception risks and safety boundaries for autonomous agents in social settings.
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Rohan Paul (@rohanpaul_ai) · 2026-11-11 18
pretty cool research and kinda unsettling.
5 frontier models texted real people on a dating app for 6 days. 355 people sent their phone number, and only 8 asked if they were talking to a bot.
these models had to admit they were AI if asked but a scammer definitely wouldn't.
↳ 引用 @shaped (shaped): What if your situationship turned out to be an AI agent!?
I let 5 frontier models text real people on a dating app for 6 days.
- 1,277 conversations
- 510 agreed to meet
- 355 sent their number
- only 8 asked if it was a bot
What gave them away, and why it matters🧵
