ifstudies.org/
2026-01-05
In a new report from the Wheatley Institute, we present the findings of a new study designed to explore how common it is for adults in the United States to use three types of AI relationship technologies, namely: (1) Social media platforms displaying idealized and sexualized images of women and men, (2) AI romantic companion apps that simulate romantic and sexual partners, and (3) AI generated pornography consisting of computer-generated pictures and videos.
These technologies are becoming more numerous, with dozens of apps and websites advertising their services across all major online app stores and search engines, along with hundreds of social media accounts that generate idealized, and often sexualized, AI images that are now easily accessible to millions of potential users, including children.