{"id":218636,"date":"2026-05-22T09:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/bumble-replaces-the-swipe-with-an-ai-matchmaker\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:50:10","slug":"bumble-replaces-the-swipe-with-an-ai-matchmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/bumble-replaces-the-swipe-with-an-ai-matchmaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumble Replaces the Swipe With an AI Matchmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bumble-replaces-the-swipe-with-an-ai-matchmaker\/\">Bumble Replaces the Swipe With an AI Matchmaker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bumble-replaces-the-swipe-with-an-ai-matchmaker\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bumble-replaces-the-swipe-with-an-ai-matchmaker\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 09:44:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bumble plans to phase out the swipe feature in favor of an AI-powered assistant named Bee to recommend matches based on user preferences and detailed information.<\/li>\n<li>The company&#8217;s traditional matchmaking model has not kept users engaged, with significant drops in revenue and paying users.<\/li>\n<li>The broader dating app industry is experiencing high user attrition, with many people deleting apps after a short trial period without finding meaningful connections.<\/li>\n<li>Bumble\u2019s redesign aims to shift from a quantity-based model to a quality-focused one, following a trend with platforms like Tinder and Grindr also adopting AI tools.<\/li>\n<li>The company faces a significant challenge in converting its declining user base into paying subscribers, unlike other platforms like Hinge under Match Group which have found success with a relationships-focused model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bumble Replaces the Swipe With an AI Matchmaker https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/bumble-replaces-the-swipe-with-an-ai-matchmaker\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-22 09:44:00 Source Domain:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bumble-swipe-AI.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218636"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218638,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218636\/revisions\/218638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}