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Some AI powered dating apps can predict who you might find attractive.
Others help build your profile or suggest conversation starters.
So are they the future of love or are they just a bit creepy?
I'm Hannah Gelbart.
We're diving into how these apps work and how they differ from traditional dating apps.
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I'm Julian Marshall.
In a moment,
fighting in Syria erupts between forces loyal to the country's new rulers
and and members of the Alawite minority.
Also in the program,
an eyewitness account of Russian attacks on the Ukrainian coastal city of Odessa.
This is pretty bad.
We're talking about 200 drones, about 100 rockets or so,
and the Ukrainian armed forces were only able to shoot down a fraction of that.