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This Chatbot Screens Your Dating App Matches for You

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Jan 26, 2024

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Users of the new dating app Volar train a chatbot to go on virtual first dates for them with the bots of potential matches. We tested it out. Thanks for listening to WIRED. Talk to you next time for more stories from WIRED.com and read this story here.
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Jan 26, 2024

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