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The Online Dating Industry Loves Artificial Intelligence

Millennials have become a growing force in society. Compared to their predecessors, the generation that grew with the Internet and electronic devices is considered more adept at adapting to new ideas and more open-minded regarding the unconventional. When it comes to Millennial relationships, online dating is a rapid-growing industry, with more than 1500 dating apps and websites operating around the world. According to Statista, online dating industry revenues reached US1.66 billion in 2019 and are expected to continue growing at an annual rate of 4.2 percent until 2023. Instead of having users simply swipe through headshots, many new dating apps and online platforms are leveraging artificial intelligence to introduce a variety of novel approaches to smart matchmaking. AI Personal Love Coach – Lara by Match An online dating pioneer,  Match.com  has closely followed the AI trend. The company’s “Lara” is an AI dating chatbot designed to help users loca...

Sex robots increase the potential for gender-based violence

This weeks article explores serious underlying topics to society, on how AI based “sex-bots” may be affecting the human society and relationships and the view towards the opposite sex. The news is brought to us by Phys Org. by Judy Illes And Farhad R. Udwadia, The Conversation As AI and robotics advance and produce more lifelike sex robots, there is the potential for an increase in gender-based violence. Credit: Shutterstock Sex robots made headlines after American comedian Whitney Cummings brought out her very own lookalike robot for her Netflix special called Can I Touch It? RealBotix, the company that made Cummings' robot, says that since the special, there has been a wave of demand for their robots . Sex robots have been in demand for quite some time. The sex toy industry is one of the fastest growing industries of the 21st century, with an estimated net worth of $30 billion . Over 40 percent of men who participated in an online survey said they could im...

Flirty or Friendzone? New AI Scans Your Texts for True Love

This section of the blog is going to be brought to you every tuesday, highlighting some of the news which interested “us” in the recent times. Today's piece comes from Wired. The original link can be found down below. Enjoy! Flirty or Friendzone? New AI Scans Your Texts for True Love A new class of apps can use machine intelligence to determine if your text conversations are imbued with hidden romantic sparks. PHOTOGRAPH: SAM MELLISH/IN PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES Every good love story has a moment in which the precious ingénue, blind to the complexities of the world, misinterprets the lover's move. Sally mistakes Harry's interest for friendship. Romeo, believing Juliet to be dead, poisons himself. The folly of love is not so much about what we do when we are flooded with feelings, but what can happen when we have incomplete data. This is perhaps why a crop of new apps have arrived, harnessing the power of artificial intelligence , to offer relationship a...