I Took Grindr’s AI Wingman for a Spin. Here’s a Glimpse of Your Dating Future
Grindr CEO George Arison is going all-in on artificial intelligence. I tested the beta version of the queer app’s AI wingman, letting it guide my interactions and offer advice.
Arison is convinced in-app conversations reveal a more authentic version of users than what’s filled out on any profile, and the next generation of recommendations will be stronger by focusing on that data. “It’s one thing what you say in your profile,” he says. “But, it’s another thing what you say in your messages—how real that might be.” Though on apps like Grindr, where the conversations often contain explicit, intimate details, some users will be uncomfortable with an AI model reading their private chats to learn more about them, choosing to avoid those features.
Potentially, one of the most helpful AI tools for overly active Grindr users who are open to their data being processed by AI models could be the chat summaries recapping recent interactions with some talking points thrown in to keep conversations going.
