- Match’s Singles in America Report shows that AI use in dating has risen 333% in just one year.
- Almost half of Gen Z singles are now using AI to help with profiles, messages or match filtration.
- AI can help polish dating experiences, but its long -term tools are questionable.
Finding a date online or with an app went from an embarrassing secret to a universal experience over a few years. But even though it is undoubtedly peaking a few years ago, it is still a huge popular way to meet someone.
By 2025, a new wing man in the form of artificial intelligence has exploded in popularity. Match, the company behind tinder, hinge and more than a dozen other digital dating services, found a huge increase of 333% in AI use among singles in just one year. The increase was reported as part of the 14th annual singles in the America study, the largest of its kind, performed with the Kinsey Institute. So about one in four American singles now AI to shape their profiles, come up with opening lines or check up on potential matches.
The Singles in America survey is from 75,000 people. AI uses are not evenly spread among single people, with almost half of Gen Z singles saying they have used AI in some aspect of their dating life. But 44% of all singles said they would like AI to help them filter potential partners and 40% want to help make the perfect dating profile. This means that if you have recently been to a dating app, there is a good chance that you will not flirt with a person; You flirt with an AI’s suggestion on how to flirt.
As weird as it sounds at first, it makes sense when you consider how so many people I know have been burned out on them after dealing with confusing etiquette rules and more ghosts than a haunted house. Why not let a chatbot help you finesse your opening line or rewrite your bio?
“AI does not replace intimacy, it gives singles an edge,” Match Director for Sex and Relationship said, Dr. Amanda Gesselman in a statement. “For a generation overwhelmed by opportunities, tools that bring clarity and efficiency are more than welcome.”
Apps like Tinder, Hinge and Bumble have already begun to roll AI tools that suggest better photos, screen meals for tone or recommend BIOS that is doing well. Grindrs test of an AI Wingman to write icebreakers and date ideas.
AI -romance
I used dating -Apps a lot in my only days. Making a funny, friendly hello, usually with a joke or a little word game, was an important part of it, as if they didn’t like my sense of humor, it would probably be a bad date. Of course, it could be frustrating if it didn’t pan, but the idea of letting an AI pick my photos, writing my bio, sending a message to my matches and planning a date wouldn’t have been something I would have been interested in doing.
It was bad enough when my taken friends insisted on pushing and taxing on my behalf. Plus, when you finally meet in person after both use AI for the whole first interaction, who do you go exactly on a date with?
I get the appeal to use AI to smooth over awkeness. But AI should be a tool to take over the dull, boring pieces of life. Using it for the fun parts of flirting and meeting someone seems like the opposite of how to engage in AI. I’m not trying to be a luddit or cranky old man about ai with dating.
If you are anxious or just very awkward when you start a conversation, an AI -fast or suggestion may be a lifeline. Or if English is not your first language, these tools can help you express yourself more clearly. But going beyond small assists could cross a line and lead away from facts.
The fighting survey also found that a fantastic number of Gen Z singles, about a third, have already had a romantic interaction with AI, as in, they jumped from AI and helped find a date to AI as the date. It may sound hyperbolic, but enough people who build relationships with AI, will reshape what they expect from human relationships in unpredictable ways.
