The rise of the AI wingman
Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI Daters are using AI to slide into the DMs and craft Hinge profiles. Three singles told Business Insider that they had used ChatGPT for pick-up lines, dating app bios, and texting advice. A crop of startups are fighting for these AI-powered daters, while dating apps like Tinder and Hinge experiment. When Rebecca Koltun met a man in the VIP section of a club in Tampa, she didn't ask her friends for advice. She asked ChatGPT. Should she text him first? "Chat told me no," said Koltun, a 26-year-old from St. Petersburg, Florida, who works for a ballet nonprofit. "It said that this is a guy in a VIP section. He's used to girls' attention. The best thing to do is leave him alone and wait for him." A week later, the man texted Koltun. "So chat's advice worked," she told Business Insider. This is the second installment of Business Insider's Love in the Age of AI series, which examines how AI is chan...
