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Your AI Therapist Wants You Single

Arts beat Aaron Tokay asked ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude to give him dating advice. They all said yes—and that’s the problem.

By Aaron Tokay

Music

‘I Used to Go to This Bar’ is Trapped In The Present

Unable to stick to its roots or build a new sound, Joyce Manor’s latest album is painfully mediocre. Nishanth Bhargava reviews the band's identity crisis—where half–formed experimentation loses its youth in a sonic limbo.

By Nishanth Bhargava

Style

Are You Swiping for the Left or the Right?

Staff writer Jessica Tobes evaluates the weighing decisions of politics inside campus matchmaking services, its conflicts and biases.

By Jessica Tobes

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