WSJ Tech News Briefing · Friday, August 7, 2026
New AI-powered dating apps are offering an alternative to traditional swiping, allowing users to interact with chatbots that gather extensive personal information. These apps aim to streamline the dating process by providing curated matches and even booking first dates, although users report both benefits and drawbacks.
“And so how they work is you download the app. You talk to a chatbot for anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour, but you're basically just telling it everything about you, things that maybe a traditional dating app wouldn't ask and wouldn't know.”
“People liked that it was a lot less work than regular dating apps.”
“So like users had experiences where they were like, I'm not attracted to this person or as we've seen with other sort of AI, it has a tendency to just affirm users.”