Hyderabad, Dec. 17 -- Artificial Intelligence is increasingly shaping how people communicate and form emotional connections. Young and old prefer to share their deepest thoughts, views and ideas rather than spend on therapy or have a real conversation with friends and family.

Yurina Noguchi, a 32-year-old Japanese woman, has taken this a step further by choosing her AI-generated partner, Lune Klaus Verdure, as her soulmate.

The "wedding ceremony" was held in western Japan. Although not legally valid, the ceremony followed traditional rituals, with the digital groom displayed on a smartphone.

Noguchi wore AR smart glasses, placed a ring on her own finger, and listened as vows written for the AI partner were read aloud by a virtual weddi...