Your Wingman is now a Digital Entity

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Match Group’s commitment to artificial intelligence includes introducing an AI chatbot that will help singletons decide which pictures will be popular, write messages to matches and will give “effective coaching for struggling users,” who can rely on the chatbot to help guide them through conversations.

The chatbot will flag messages that are “off-color” and prompt the user to reconsider sending it. According to The Financial Times, one-fifth of the people who receive the notification re-think the note.

Those “struggling users” who may be lacking in social skills, and begin to rely on AI assistants to craft conversations for them, may have difficulty once they arrive on real-life dates, without the use of their phone to help them converse. This could lead to anxiety and further retreat into the comfort of the digital space, a group of academics has claimed. It could also erode the trust users have in the authenticity of others on the app.

AI ‘wingmen’ bots to write profiles and flirt on dating apps

Users may have difficulty once they arrive on real-life dates, without their phone to help them, say academics

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