' When love is an automated swipe' (Michigan Daily).' The robot that knows when to swipe right' (The Atlantic).' I uncovered an army of fake men on Hinge' (Wired).' Disintermediating your friends: How online dating in the United States displaces other ways of meeting' (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences).

' 10 facts about Americans and online dating' (Pew Research Center).

' Reports of romance scams hit record highs in 2021' (Federal Trade Commission).Keys AI provides real-time coaching for conversations and 'helps you start and keep conversations going in your favorite online dating apps'.

A sample image of KEYS AI's generative keyboard. Nora and co-host Ben Brock Johnson talk to the founder of one such start-up, as well as a dating app researcher, and single friends to probe the pros and cons of having an AI wingman in your pocket. Trying to find love (or even lock in one date) on dating apps is no easy task, especially with the onslaught of fake accounts and catfishing scams.īut what if you had a digital dating coach installed right in your phone's keyboard - an AI Cyrano de Bergerac or Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens - to automatically generate a perfectly crafted, personalized message for every conversation? Not just openers to get the conversation started, but witty, flirty banter to keep it going?Īs Endless Thread producer Nora Saks reports, lots of companies are developing apps that use AI-generated communication to optimize users' love lives and connections - online and off. This week, we dive into the ways artificial intelligence is changing modern love and online dating. How are these pieces of software - which are meant to imitate human behavior and language - influencing our daily lives in sneaky, surprising ways? For the next few weeks, the Endless Thread team will be sharing stories about the rise of bots.

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