In San Francisco's AI boom, dating has turned into job-style screening

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Tech workers in San Francisco are reportedly spending less time on romance as the city's AI industry demands more of their attention. Dates are increasingly treated like interviews, with people asking more pointed questions from the outset. Expectations have also widened, and some daters now bring up topics as personal as family health history. The article frames this as a side effect of the intense pace of AI development in the city.

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