Fighting Loneliness With AI-Based Apps
Mint New Delhi
|September 10, 2025
European tech may get a boost from a supercomputer, and more AI news
In the US, a bunch of AI-powered apps are helping people make new friends in the community without the pressures of dating. Platforms like 222 promise something different than your typical dating app, reports AFP. "I'm not getting the image that they want people to see. I'm getting the actual human being," J.T. Mason, a 25-year-old paramedic who has been on 222, said. Mason went to dinner with five complete strangers selected by the app based on their interests and personalities. According to 222, the app's artificial intelligence becomes particularly effective at matching users after they participate in several events, from dinners to yoga sessions to imp
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