CNN – Teaser AI is using artificial intelligence to overcome a major shortcoming in the dating game: the amount of time wasted in small talk that perhaps goes nowhere in the early stages. Joining Julia to discuss is Teaser AI cofounder/CEO Daniel Liss. The app will integrate AI into the online dating process, enabling users to pair up with others and then engage in conversation with an AI representation of their match. The dating app has a "Ghosting Score" feature – if a user's score is low, their number of matches or likes could decrease. There's also an "Automatch" function that uses swiping preferences data to speed up the process of finding suitable dates. The cost for using this app is $19.99 per month.
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Study Finds 75% of Singles Open to Use AI-powered Chatbot
CNN – A new study by Kaspersky has found that 75% of dating app users are willing to use an AI-powered chatbot to improve their chat up lines. 57% of all respondents believe that using AI in an online dating setting to be dishonest. The study found that 54% of single men surveyed said they would be open to using the AI chatbot to deceive a potential partner on a dating app in a bid to make themselves appear funnier or smarter, while 51% of single women respondents admitted they would be using the AI tool to speak to multiple potential partners at the same time.
Rebel Wilson Launching ‘Fluid’ Dating App
CNN – Rebel Wilson is launching a new dating app, "Fluid." "This is the first dating app where you don't have to define yourself or tick a box to say 'I'm straight, I'm gay, I'm bisexual,' and you don't have to describe what you are looking for," she says. Wilson is one of the co-founders of the app. She surprised many when she revealed in June 2022 that she was dating Agruma, who is a fashion and jewelry designer. The app is scheduled to be available for download later this month.
Google to Pay US App Developers $90M in a Settlement Over App Store Policies
CNN – US Android app developers (who earned $2M or less annually from the Google Play Store between 2016 and 2021) will be able to claim money from a new $90M fund Google will establish as part of a wider settlement with app makers over Google's app store practices. The settlement is designed to address app developers' years-long allegations that Google imposes onerous and anticompetitive restrictions on app makers as a condition of hosting their apps on its Google Play Store. Google said it would continue a pricing model established last year that allows US app developers to pay a lower fee, 15%, for the first $1M in annual revenue collected from the Google Play Store.
Tinder CEO: We’re Leaning Into Desire for More Authenticity
CNN – June 22 – Jim Lanzone, CEO of Tinder, discusses the new features, including video, available on the dating app and how online dating is evolving.
Interview With Bumble CEO – “Making Relationships Better for Everybody”
CNN – Mar 10 – CEO and Founder of Bumble, Whitney Wolfe Herd speaks to Christiane Amanpour about how she is changing the online dating landscape for women. "Technology has this remarkable ability to either perpetuate behavior or to rewrite it," Whitney said. "I was very dissatisfied with the way relationships were set for women. By giving women more control, we are leveling the playing field and stabilizing the situation for everyone. This reduces harassment and rejection. "Why not have consequences for bad behavior? … When you make relationships better for women, you make relationships better for everybody."
Scammers on Dating Apps and Social Media Made $304M in 2020
CNN – Feb 22 – A record $304M was reported lost to romance scams in 2020, up 50% from 2019. The pandemic has made things easier, creating legitimate reasons for scammers to hide their real motives, claiming they cannot meet in person or need money for medical treatment. According to the FTC, gift cards and wire transfers are the most commonly used payment methods by online scammers, both of which can be difficult to track.
Chipotle Teams up With Hinge
Young Americans Are Having Less Sex Than Ever
CNN – June 15 – Sexual inactivity increased among young American men between 2000 and 2018, according to researchers from Indiana University and Sweden's Karolinska Institutet who studied survey data from US adults. Postponement of adulthood and the growth of the Internet and digital media could be reasons for why. Men who were unemployed, had part-time employment or lower incomes were more likely to be sexually inactive, researchers found. Women aged 25 to 34 were also having less sex, with students being most likely to be affected.
Bumble CEO: Dating in the Age of Covid
CNN – May 19 – How people date during a global pandemic? Whitney Wolfe Herd, the founder and CEO of the dating app Bumble, says her company is helping their users answer that question and find connection from a distance. She talks about how this pandemic may permanently change the way people date, and how Bumble is positioning itself in a competitive market for dating services. "We have actually come out of our two best revenue weeks in the history of the group. People are enjoying digital dating," says Whitney Wolfe Herd.