A Europe-based startup called SxxxAI launched a paid platform this week that lets men build customized AI girlfriends from scratch, and mental health professionals warn it will deepen the male loneliness crisis it claims to address. The site, which went live Wednesday, offers male users aged 18 and older the ability to design artificial women, […] The post New AI girlfriend platform lets lonely men design fake companions — and therapists say it will make things worse appeared first on American Almanac .
A Europe-based startup called SxxxAI launched a paid platform this week that lets men build customized AI girlfriends from scratch, and mental health professionals warn it will deepen the male loneliness crisis it claims to address. The site, which went live Wednesday, offers male users aged 18 and older the ability to design artificial women, chat with them daily, and unlock custom images and videos through a tiered subscription model. Plans range from $1 a month for up to 10 AI companions and 300 credits to a $99-a-month "elite" tier that allows up to 50 AI "girlfriends" and 3,000 credits. A free tier lets users build a basic AI character at no cost. Roughly 100 pre-made AI women are also available for users who skip the design process.…Open
A 39-year-old Florida woman faces attempted murder charges after she allegedly drugged a 69-year-old man she met on a dating app at least three times, with the Polk County sheriff calling her a "black widow" motivated purely by money. Samantha Adams slipped benzodiazepines into a glass of whiskey she served to her victim at his […] The post Florida woman charged with attempted murder after allegedly poisoning man she met on dating app appeared first on American Almanac .
A 39-year-old Florida woman faces attempted murder charges after she allegedly drugged a 69-year-old man she met on a dating app at least three times, with the Polk County sheriff calling her a "black widow" motivated purely by money. Samantha Adams slipped benzodiazepines into a glass of whiskey she served to her victim at his Haines City home on August 17, leaving him hospitalized with an overdose, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office . The 69-year-old man, whose name has not been released, passed out later that evening and woke up in a hospital bed, where staff told him he had suffered a benzodiazepine overdose, a drug he told investigators he had never taken. Adams now sits in the Polk County Jail on $42,500 bond, charged…Open
A public-records company has launched a free website called "Stud or Dud" that lets singles run background checks on potential dates, a move aimed squarely at the growing epidemic of romance fraud draining Americans of millions. PeopleFinders, a firm with more than two decades in the public-records business, rolled out the platform last week. The […] The post New background-check tool lets online daters vet matches for scams, criminal records, and secret spouses appeared first on American Almanac .
A public-records company has launched a free website called "Stud or Dud" that lets singles run background checks on potential dates, a move aimed squarely at the growing epidemic of romance fraud draining Americans of millions. PeopleFinders, a firm with more than two decades in the public-records business, rolled out the platform last week. The site pulls from publicly available records, address histories, bankruptcy filings, and other data points, and packages them with color-coded red and green flags and what the company calls "compatibility readouts." The pitch is simple: find out whether the person on the other end of a dating app is who they claim to be before you ever meet them in person. CEO Amber Higgins told the New York Post …Open
George Arison, the gay dating app’s chief executive, is aiming for all code to be eventually written by artificial intelligence, making the company “leaner.”
Whitney Wolfe Herd changed the way millions of people around the world found love when she created Bumble in 2014. Now, she says the novelty of online dating has worn off, and Bumble needs a major overhaul to survive. Why it matters: Gen Z is burned out from online dating, but still eager to find connection. Herd thinks AI can bridge that gap. Zoom in: Speaking to Axios last week in Los Angeles, Herd said Bumble is in the midst of a major reinvention, one that will fundamentally change the way users engage with the app. - "It's time for a new interaction model," she said. - "The revolutionary component of Bumble has worn off. Now people are feeling exhausted, they're feeling fatigued. They feel like the swipe has degraded their love…
Whitney Wolfe Herd changed the way millions of people around the world found love when she created Bumble in 2014. Now, she says the novelty of online dating has worn off, and Bumble needs a major overhaul to survive. Why it matters: Gen Z is burned out from online dating, but still eager to find connection. Herd thinks AI can bridge that gap. Zoom in: Speaking to Axios last week in Los Angeles, Herd said Bumble is in the midst of a major reinvention, one that will fundamentally change the way users engage with the app. - "It's time for a new interaction model," she said. - "The revolutionary component of Bumble has worn off. Now people are feeling exhausted, they're feeling fatigued. They feel like the swipe has degraded their love…Open