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Match is testing artificial intelligence to prevent text, image, and video generators from enabling online catfishing.
Tinder is experimenting with a new tool that uses AI to select the finest photos.
Parent company Match detailed the feature during an earnings call with investors. Match also owns online dating platforms such as OkCupid and Hinge.
The company’s chief executive, Bernard Kim, stated that it could “remove the stress” associated with selecting photos, allowing users to construct their profiles with greater efficiency and self-assurance.
The tool would examine a person’s photo album and select the top five images.
The company’s earnings call revealed various new AI capabilities, including an app to explain match recommendations.
Fewer swipes, greater likes?
Match stated that artificial intelligence could play a role in enhancing “user outcomes”, or securing more matches with fewer swipes.
While apps like Tinder have already used the technology on the backend to power their algorithms and “trust and safety efforts,” new features will be more user-centric, according to the company.
Some of them are expected to be released by the end of the year, with the company promising to “focus on authenticity” and consider privacy and ethical concerns regarding the use of AI in dating applications.
In a recent survey conducted by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky and dating app Inner Circle, it was discovered that more than half of single men would contemplate using a chatbot to help them converse with potential matches, while 51% of women said they would use it to maintain multiple conversations.
New AI-driven catfishing may require convincing image and video producers and speech copying tools.
