Dating app Bumble CEO says, “Now AI is the one doing the dating!”
Dating app Bumble CEO says, “Now AI is the one doing the dating!” Dating apps have changed social life around the world. But now a new concept that takes it in an even more unique direction – ‘AI-powered Personas’ – has come into the spotlight. Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Hurd told the Bloomberg Tech Summit in San Francisco last Thursday that her company is considering how AI can be used to help women find relationships. According to her, in the future, users will not have to talk to thousands of people themselves. Instead, the user’s personal AI persona will communicate with other AI people and choose the most suitable partner. In this way, it is expected that the work of humans to read direct messages or profiles will decrease, and the system of selection will increase. At the summit, she envisioned a future where “your dating concierge goes on dates with another dating concierge and you don’t have to talk to 600 people.” However, the concept has received mixed reactions. Some ...