Despite dating apps and social media advice, romantic connections can be hard to make. Enter artificial intelligence.

Every time I tell people that, despite being single, I’ve never been on a dating app, they tend to assume I’m lying. Or worse ...

“My Gen Z clients say they come to me because dating apps are dead,” one Los Angeles matchmaker noted, citing a surge of 20-somethings seeking “old-fashioned” introductions.

AI dating isn’t really for him, he said, even if traditional dating apps aren’t working. Ditto AI took too much of the learning that comes from rejection and conversations out of the process.

“Of all the things I’ve heard people say they’re doing to try to meet people more organically,” says Liesel Sharabi, an ...

*Popular dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge are seeing major drops in user numbers. A 2024 Ofcom report showed a 16% decline in UK users across these platforms. Tinder alone lost nearly ...