2025-11-13
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It's very difficult to find love.
Alexander Zhadan, a 20-something software developer from Moscow, lamented on social media last year.
To speed things up, Mr Zhadan programmed an artificial intelligence, or AI bot,
to trawl through endless profiles on Tinder, a dating app,
and interact with more than 5,000 lucky girls on his behalf.
After some 100 real-life dates, Mr.
Jadan proudly announced to the world that he had proposed to his algorithmically ordained other half.
Mr.
Jadan is not alone.
According to a study published in June by Match Group, Tinder's owner, and the Kinsey Institute,
a research centre at Indiana University,
Quarter of American singles now use AI to enhance their dating profiles and write messages.
Dating apps, which have fallen out of favor as users have grown tired of endless swiping,
are hoping that the technology will get them back in the game.
Bumble, a Tinder competitor,