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In December 2023, the dating platform Bumble introduced so-called AI Icebreakers to the “Bumble for Friends” section of the app. Powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the feature is designed to help you start a conversation by providing an AI-generated message. In order to do this, your personal profile information is fed into the AI system without Bumble ever obtaining your consent. Although the company repeatedly shows you a banner designed to nudge you into clicking “Okay”, which suggests that it relies on user consent, it actually claims to have a so-called “legitimate interest” to use data. noyb has therefore filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority.

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[-] hazl 81 points 2 weeks ago

It looks like you don't have a personality yet. Would you like to use AI to generate one for you? Honestly, why are you even trying to date at that point?

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

to the “Bumble for Friends” section of the app.

Come on, it's in the description, you don't even need to open the article.

[-] hazl 39 points 2 weeks ago

This doesn't seem like an important distinction.

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

These people are looking for friends, not to date.

[-] hazl 25 points 2 weeks ago

Authenticity is no less important in platonic friendships.

[-] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Doesn't change the fact you didn't bother to even read the summary

[-] hazl 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

You're getting stuck on my failure to read the summary because you thought this was an opportunity to make someone feel stupid online. The fact is that I did read it, and the article, however my brain disregarded the miniscule detail that we're only talking about the friends part of Bumble because it has no influence on my overall takeaway. Stop being weird.

[-] Pirate@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

Is it any less bad that to have a pretend personality when you're talking about finding friends...?

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Every person I've ever dated has been a friend well before we had any kind of a relationship.

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