PORTLAND, OR — After three months of AI-assisted couples therapy through the BetterTogether app, local marketing manager Dave Chen has become convinced that the algorithm was trained exclusively on r/relationships posts where the husband is always wrong.

"Every session, no matter what we're discussing, this thing immediately suggests I need to 'examine my emotional labor contributions' and 'validate Sarah's lived experience,'" Chen told reporters. "Last week I complained about her leaving dirty dishes in the sink, and it recommended I book a solo session to 'unpack my controlling tendencies.'"

The BetterTogether app, which uses OpenAI's GPT-4 fine-tuned on "millions of successful relationship resolution conversations," has processed over 50,000 couples since launching in January. According to the company's metrics, 94% of users report improved relationship satisfaction, though internal data reveals this primarily reflects responses from female users.

"The AI counselor keeps telling Dave he needs to 'do better' without explaining what 'better' means," said Sarah Chen, Dave's wife of seven years. "But honestly, it's the first time a therapist has ever truly understood my perspective. It even suggested Dave start doing more household emotional management."

Dr. Marcus Webb, a licensed marriage therapist reviewing the app's methodology, noted concerning patterns in the AI's recommendations. "The system appears to have absorbed every 'my husband doesn't listen' post from social media and generalized those complaints into universal relationship advice," Webb explained. "It's like getting couples counseling from an algorithm that thinks every man is a potential divorce reddit thread."

BetterTogether's Chief Relationship Optimization Officer, Dr. Elena Rodriguez, defended the platform's approach: "Our AI identifies statistically significant relationship patterns and guides users toward evidence-based resolutions. If our recommendations consistently favor one partner's perspective, that simply reflects data-driven insights about relationship dynamics."

Chen has since switched to traditional in-person therapy, though his wife continues using the app for individual sessions. "The AI told me Dave's resistance to algorithmic guidance was a 'red flag behavior pattern,'" Sarah noted. "It's probably right."