Grindr Plans Chat Summaries, New Discovery Features in AI Push

Grindr Inc. unveiled several major updates to its flagship dating app, many of them powered by artificial intelligence, in a bid to drive user engagement and revenue growth.

The LGBTQ dating brand plans to let users opt into AI-powered features that the company says can analyze their conversations and in-app behavior to produce summaries, better sort already-matched profiles and give more personalized recommendations, Chief Executive Officer George Arison and Chief Product Officer AJ Balance said in an interview.

Chat summaries, for example, will allow users to pick up where they left off by seeing themes from a past conversation or ...