The rise of dating apps in the last decade has changed the way people forge relationships, with Pew research conducted in 2022 finding that 53% of US adults under 30 had used online dating. But dating apps have caused dissatisfaction and despair among many users, as Pew found 46% of all users (and 51% of women) had a negative experience of online dating. Some dating companies have faced business struggles recently, with shares in Bumble crashing by 30% last month after a bad earnings report and Match Group this year announcing an 8% slump in paying Tinder users and cuts to 6% of its global workforce. The Guardian asked people to share why they had chosen to ditch dating apps and forge connections in other ways. I've been single for about 12 years, and was on the apps since they arrived.

When it comes to curating a dating profile, singletons may spend countless hours deciding which photographs show their best angles. But experts now suggest that attraction really is just about the animals you're shot with, as 76 per cent of daters would be tempted to swipe right if a feline featured. Dating app, FindingTheOne, polled 2,000 of its users on their preferences and pet peeves when it comes to furry friends online. While dogs are usually deemed a man's best friend, results show they're certainly not the best wingmen, as just 41 per cent of users were tempted to date a pup's parent. Meanwhile, a startling 62 per cent wouldn't mind falling for a snake or lizard owner - and 23 per cent even find them'sexy'.

AI might slowly be taking over the world but it is still lagging behind at online dating, a study claims. Singletons are far more likely to swipe right on a real-life profile compared to one written by ChatGPT. The results found 36 per cent of women said'Yes' on Tinder to an AI-generated male but this rose to almost 64 per cent who did so for genuine life details. But it was far closer for men, who swiped right for 46 per cent of AI summaries and 54 per cent of those written by humans. Alex Limanowka, a relationship coach and psychotherapist, said: 'This gender disparity suggests that men often rely more on photos and may swipe right without reading the woman's profile.'

Struggle to pick the best picture for your dating profile? Maybe a robot can help. That's because Tinder has just started testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that selects users' best-looking photos for their profiles. It studies a user's photo album and selects the five images that best represent them in the hope of enhancing the chances someone will swipe right. Bernard Kim, the chief executive of Tinder's owner, Match Group, said the aim of the feature was to remove the stress that comes with having to choose a profile picture.

Beauty is now in the AI of the beholder. The dating app is testing an artificial intelligence tool that selects users' best-looking photos for their profiles, in the hope it will enhance the chances someone will swipe right. The tool will look at a user's photo album and select the five images that best represent them. Bernard Kim, the chief executive of Tinder's owner, Match Group, said AI could answer people's concerns about which picture best represents them and take the stress away from selection. "I really think AI can help our users build better profiles in a more efficient way that really do showcase their personalities," Kim said in a call with investors and analysts.

Finding a life partner can be very difficult if dating is not an option. Many young Muslims want to avoid arranged marriages but cannot go on dates because they believe it is forbidden. Now, in some of the most conservative Muslim communities in Britain and the Middle East, traditional matchmaking has entered the digital age. In this film, we meet Muslims using "halal dating apps", as well as app and platform developers. In these spaces, clients select their potential partners before they meet them, without crossing religious red lines.

Artificial Intelligence poses both risks and rewards, but developers should be weary of technologies that could threaten "scary" outcomes, AI technologist says. Men who have trouble finding dates are reportedly turning to artificial intelligence and self-described love guru to craft appealing dating profiles. "My AI prompts and training can turn any guy from zero to hero," Stefan-Pierre Tomlin, a 32-year-old London model and self-described love guru, told South West News Service, according to the New York Post. Tomlin operates a website called Celebrity Love Coach where subscribers can pay between roughly $55 to $150 a month to receive his advice and "support to help you achieve your dating goals," according to the website. Subscribers also receive access to "bespoke" AI to draft appealing dating profiles.

When it comes to online dating, most people think of Tinder. It's one of the most popular dating apps out there and for good reason – it works! But if you're not careful, you can end up wasting a lot of time and money on Tinder. That's why I recommend buying Tinder accounts from a reputable source. By doing this, you'll be able to get started on Tinder right away without having to worry about all the hassle that comes with setting up a new account.

The use of gestures in human communication plays an important role: gestures can reinforce statements emotionally or completely replace them. What is more, hand gesture recognition (HGR) can be a part of human-computer interaction. Such systems can be used in video conferencing services (Zoom, Skype, Discord, Jazz, etc.), home automation systems, the automotive sector, services for people with speech and hearing impairments, etc. Besides, the system can be a part of a virtual assistant or service for active sign language users -- hearing and speech-impaired people. These areas require the system to work online and be robust to background, scenes, subjects, and lighting conditions. These and several others problems inspired us to create a new HGR dataset.

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.