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Bumble Is Getting Rid Of Swiping · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: None of us in this room are on dating apps
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  Speaker 1: because we're with people. Yes, but we met people. You
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  Speaker 1: met Eric on Bumble specifically Bumble. Yes, I met Coco
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  Speaker 1: on Tender and actually no, I take that back. Kristen
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  Speaker 1: did not meet her man on an Apple.
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  Speaker 2: Oh you know they're in real life couple.
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  Speaker 1: They met in real old school, right, yes, Well, what's
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  Speaker 1: just change Bumble is doing.
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  Speaker 2: This is huge. Cubby Bumble is saying goodbye to the
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  Speaker 2: swipe What do you do what? You're not going to
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  Speaker 2: swipe left, swipe right anymore. They're going to let AI
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  Speaker 2: do it. CEO Bumble said people are burned out with
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  Speaker 2: dating apps, so instead they're going to lean heavily into AI.
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  Speaker 2: They are testing out an AI assistant called b like Bumblebee,
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  Speaker 2: which recommends matches based on personality, communications style, and relationship goals.
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  Speaker 2: And they said some people online are like, I'm not sure,
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  Speaker 2: will AI love Bumby for four months and then goes me.
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  Speaker 2: We all had that experience.
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  Speaker 1: This is worse.
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  Speaker 2: So they said that they're not gonna, you know, force
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  Speaker 2: this new feature, but they are expected to start rolling
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  Speaker 2: it out later this year and see how people are
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  Speaker 2: taking too.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like part of the fund will be gone though,
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  Speaker 1: because it was fun. It's like when they took away
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  Speaker 1: quarters in Las Vegas. Oh yeah, my mom used to
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  Speaker 1: always say that because you know, you just put a
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  Speaker 1: you know, dollar bill in or no, when you win money,
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  Speaker 1: you get a voucher. Now it used to be my
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  Speaker 1: mom loved the quarters coming out.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And when they stopped giving the quarters buckets, she's like, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I know, you're still winning money, you get a voucher
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  Speaker 1: and all that the same. It's not the same here.
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  Speaker 2: And are you going to miss the swipe? I know,
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  Speaker 2: well I.
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  Speaker 1: Won't because I'm not on it, neither you. But will
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  Speaker 1: you miss a swipe if you're on bumble hit us
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  Speaker 1: up at four four, three, six three and anything actually
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  Speaker 1: dating app oriented. I'd be curious to hear from you
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  Speaker 1: if you're having success. How is it these days?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, how's it going?
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  Speaker 1: We're about ten years fourteen years removed from dating apps.
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  Speaker 1: You and me, Christine, What do you have coming up
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  Speaker 1: in the news.
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  Speaker 2: Let's check out the headlines and which foods are the
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  Speaker 2: most addictive