Facebook's chatbot 'dating coach' Lara sets up singletons

Facebook is giving singletons a helping hand with a new artificially intelligent'chatbot' called Lara. The chatbot uses natural language programming and speech recognition so users might be fooled into thinking they are talking to a real person. Lara talks to singletons and helps build up an understanding about their interest in order to introduce them to other single people. The chatbot, launched by dating service Match.com, asks people for personal details such as their age, where they live and their sexual orientation - all in Facebook Messenger. If users want Lara to set users up with someone they have to move onto the Match.com