Last October, Grindr announced a new feature: an “AI wingman” to interact with users like a chatbot and help them find matches. Grindr’s CEO, George Arison, told The Wall Street Journal that over 10,000 users will be testing the “wingman” by the end of this year, and it will be available to all users — over 14 million — by 2027.
It will track users’ favorite matches and, from this data, suggest other profiles. To do this, Grindr made a 2023 deal with an AI company called Ex-human, aiming to create a chatbot trained in romantic conversation that would sound “more gay” than chatbots of the past. I can just picture it: Hey girl, this guy is 3,921 feet away, a top, and likes fisting. Shantay, you stay. All this…
