"Dating apps exploit you, dating profiles lie to you, and sex is basically something old people used to do. You might as well consider it: can AI help you find love? For a handful of tech entrepreneurs and a few brave Londoners, the answer is maybe. No, this is not a story about humans falling in love with sexy computer voices and strictly speaking, AI dating of some variety has been around for a while."
"Fate, a London startup that went live last May, bills itself as the first agentic AI dating app. Its core offering is an AI personality named Fate that onboards users during an interview, asking them about their hopes and struggles before putting forward five potential matches no swiping involved. Fate will also coach users through their interactions, if they desire, a functionality Jasmine described as helpful and another user said was scary and a bit like Black Mirror'."
"Rakesh Naidu, Fate's founder, demonstrated its coaching ability in an interview with the Guardian. I just feel a bit hopeless at the moment in regards to my chats. I feel like I'm not being engaging enough or meaningful enough, he said into his phone. I just need some kind of meaningful questions I can ask to really uncover the essence of people. I hear you, Rakesh, said a synthetic female voice."
Dating apps are presented as exploitative and profiles as misleading while traditional sex and dating dynamics feel diminished. Machine learning and AI features already exist on major platforms, but new startups pursue agentic AI to reimagine matchmaking. Fate, a London app, uses an AI personality to interview users, surface five matches without swiping, and optionally coach conversations. Some users find the coaching helpful and practical; others find it unsettling and uncanny. Founders demonstrate AI-generated prompts and synthetic voices offering conversational guidance to help users ask meaningful questions and deepen connections amid a broader loneliness crisis.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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