Kosuke Goto, manager of a wedding hall in Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture, which closed at the end of last month. Wedding halls across the country are struggling as more couples opt o get married without ...
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Funny old world: The week's offbeat news

From the "Chinese Trump" to why you shouldn't AI your wedding... - 'AI don't': ChatGPT wedding falls flat - A Dutch couple ...
While they might not be frictionless and easy, relationships revolve around other people, not computers.
Former Mediacorp actor Adam Chen, 49, quietly tied the knot with his Japanese girlfriend, 47, during the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
Launched by Bandai in 1996, Tamagotchis – effectively portable digital pets – quickly became a global craze that took the ...
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A Dutch court said a couple's marriage was not valid as their vows were written with the help of AI. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A 32-year-old Japanese woman has made headlines for marrying her boyfriend — an AI persona she created on ChatGPT. Yurina Noguchi, a 32-year-old call centre operator, and AI-generated ‘Klaus’ tied the ...
Did Valentine's Day come a month earlier? It sure feels like so, with these heartfelt messages that Chen Han-dian and Lulu ...
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 hit the western Chugoku region of Japan on 6th January, followed by a ...
Known as Archie, Corporal Farrell discharged from service before marrying Elizabeth Dalgety in Perth in 1947. The couple had ...