Is AI your new wingman? How chatbots are transforming dating

Is AI your new wingman? A fter Sam's ex joked that her sister found him ugly, he turned to AI. Google Gemini had a look at the photo and politely disagreed. AI has been his wingman ever since, aiding his dating life by giving pep talks and vetting his messages. The 27-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent is not the only AI-assisted romantic - a survey of 3,000 British singles published this month by Match Group, the owner of the Tinder and Hinge platforms, found 39% had used AI in their dating lives. Relying on AI is bad, Sam tells the Guardian, adding he would rather begin dating in person, but there is a "paradigm shift in dating that's occurring, which is really odd, where everything is expected to start online".