AI influences people's decision to swipe right in dating apps by repeating certain profiles

Dating apps use AI algorithms to help match singles, and a new study finds the systems may be influencing users to swipe right on certain potential mates. Scientists in Spain wanted to find out what influences users, so they presented a group of test subjects with a series of fictitious suitors. Some of them were overtly promoted as highly compatible while other were favored more subtly--their photos just appeared more often. The researchers found participants were more likely to choose profiles that appeared frequently than those explicitly labeled as'an ideal partner.' This suggests people accept'scientific' advice for more intellectual subjects like politics, the researchers say, but prefer to go on intuition when it comes to romance.