# Hinge is launching AI‑driven profile coaching and conversation prompts.
Hinge announced new AI features that suggest profile tweaks and generate opening lines for users. CEO Jackie Jantos told the BBC that Gen Z “needs chatbots to talk” because they spend over two hours less in person each day than their peers did two decades ago. The tools are being rolled out globally this month and are built into the app’s existing matching flow. Hinge says the AI will learn from successful conversations to improve its suggestions.
The move matters because younger users are reporting less offline social interaction, a trend some analysts link to rising loneliness. Yet scholars note that dating apps have a history of overstating what algorithmic nudges can achieve for emotional wellbeing, and the new features may simply automate small talk.
Time will tell whether AI can fill a social gap, or just give users another set of scripted lines.