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Virtual assistants such as Amazon\u2019s Alexa and Google Home have the capacity to analyse how happy and healthy a couple\u2019s relationship is, research has found.

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In-home listening devices will soon be able to judge how functional relationships are as well as interrupt an argument with an idea for how to resolve it, the study said.

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The research, by Imperial College Business School, stated that within the next two to three years, digital assistants could predict with 75 per cent accuracy the likelihood of a relationship or marriage being a success.

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The technology would reach a verdict through acoustic analysis of communication between couples \u2013 examining everything from everyday encounters to arguments.

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The virtual assistants would then be able to provide relationship advice and what researchers refer to as democratising counselling.

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I LOVE HAVING AN ALWAYS-ON WIRETAP THAT CAN ASCERTAIN THE STATE OF MY INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND GIVE JUDGEMENT THEREUPON

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