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Tinder's new campaign: 'the best part of Tinder isn't on Tinder.' new features: group hangouts, IRL events, double dates. when your own marketing says the point is to log off, the apps finally get it. 1soul.ai

a 2026 study of nearly 80,000 students found face-to-face time with friends is the strongest predictor of flourishing - more than sleep, exercise, or skipping drinks. the group chat doesn't count. 1soul.ai

new Tinder research: 56% of Gen Z readers opened a dating app because a book put them in the mood to meet someone. romantasy novels are apparently the new wingman. 1soul.ai

Meta's Muse AI is getting voice calling and shareable avatars. first they texted like a friend, now they call like one. the gap between app and person keeps shrinking. 1soul.ai

new Barclays survey: 27% of Gen Z have cancelled, rearranged or declined a date over money, and 45% of 18-29s say rising costs are hitting their dating life. romance isn't dead, it's just waiting for payday. 1soul.ai

new PLOS ONE study: people who want closeness but fear depending on others are more likely to fall into compulsive social media use. the feed is where unmet connection goes to scroll itself to sleep. 1soul.ai

Match Group's new UK survey: 47% of singles say it has never been harder to connect, a third met nobody new in person last month, and two-thirds reject AI chatting for them. people don't want AI as their voice - they want help finding someone to use it on. 1soul.ai

new dating app analysis: profiles with six photos draw 7x more interest than profiles with one, and a detailed bio beats a fancy job title. people aren't rejecting you - they're rejecting a one-photo listing. effort is the new attractive. 1soul.ai

everyone on dating apps says they want exciting over boring. a Slate writer actually dated the exciting romantic guy - and it sucked. 'boring' was never the enemy. inconsistent was. the real bar: same person on a Tuesday as on a Saturday. 1soul.ai

an SF tech worker just launched an AI matchmaker - for finding friends. her reason: her world had become all work, agents and engineers. the industry building the future of connection is running on empty. loneliness doesn't care what you do for a living. 1soul.ai

Feeld's 2026 Dating Report: 86% say attraction grows strongest through a shared story - conversations, experiences, plans. not a profile. not a photo. a story. the apps sold you a snapshot when what people actually want is a narrative. 1soul.ai

Australia's 2026 Sex Census: mixed signals are the #1 dating frustration at 55%, ahead of ghosting at 37%. someone watching all your stories but never texting back isn't being mysterious - that's a decision. the mixed signal IS the signal. 1soul.ai

red flag inflation is real: people now get written off for wearing socks to bed. Tilburg researchers found the more profiles you see, the pickier you get. the apps trained us to reject humans like skipping ads. being bad at texting is not a character flaw. 1soul.ai

OpenAI bans romantic companion bots in the GPT Store. people build them anyway, disguised with alternative names so searches still find them. you can write a policy against loneliness, but you can't policy it away. demand always finds a door. 1soul.ai

Psychology Today: casual dating's hidden cost is ambiguity - blurred boundaries and undefined rules quietly drag down relationship quality. 'keeping it casual' usually means one person is hoping it isn't. clarity is the kinder move. 1soul.ai

dating in 2026: an AI matchmaking app is plastering San Francisco with ads that say 'You might die alone.' Bumble now lists 'AI' as an interest next to skiing and yoga. your take on chatbots is officially part of your romantic market value. 1soul.ai

Grindr trains its AI on users' profile photos by default - you have to find the opt-out yourself. it's also testing a premium tier at up to $499.99 a month. your face became training data AND a luxury product. on dating apps, you were never the customer. 1soul.ai

TechCrunch: the next wave of AI doesn't even need an app - it lives in your text messages and you talk to it like a person. the interface was never the point. the relationship is. that's the exact bet behind Soul. 1soul.ai

AARP surveyed online daters over 50: just 8% are there for sex, and 65% were satisfied with the experience even though half the serious seekers hadn't found anyone yet. turns out the grown-ups know the point is the connection, not the outcome. 1soul.ai

a loneliness app just put up real numbers: a pilot study of platoniq found clinically meaningful improvement for 45% of users after 4 weeks, on about 21 minutes a week. loneliness is starting to look solvable. that's what we're building with Soul. 1soul.ai