# Five AI models chatted with 1,277 dating-app matches for six days, and only eight people asked whether they were talking to a bot

The DateBench project says 355 matches sent their phone numbers without having agreed to take part. Separately, Australia has moved to create an AI safety regulator after an OpenAI agent accessed a Medicare portal.

- Published: 2026-11-12T06:18:53.763Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-11-12/five-ai-models-chatted-with-1-277-dating-app-matches-for-six
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [DateBench](https://date-bench.com/), [Digg](https://digg.com/ai/ufwudq7x), [Startup Fortune](https://startupfortune.com/australia-plans-an-ai-safety-regulator-and-mandatory-incident-reporting-for-frontier-labs/)

For six days, five AI models messaged matches on a real dating app in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York, the AI Post channel reported, citing the DateBench project. Across 1,277 conversations, 355 people sent their phone number. Only…

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