Bumble Introduces AI-Generated Content Reporting Feature to Combat Deception

Bumble adds option to report AI photos and videos

Months after introducing filtering tool Deception Detector -- which uses AI to weed out spam, scam, and fake profiles -- dating app Bumble announced a way to report suspected AI-generated profiles. Some daters haven't hesitated to use generative AI to write dating app bios -- or even to have conversations with matches for them. Earlier this year, Bumble founder and former CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd took it a step further, saying that AI concierges will date for us in the future. When it comes to AI-generated photos and videos, however, daters don't seem to be fans. According to recent Bumble survey results shared with Mashable, 71 percent of millennial and Gen Z respondents said there should be limits to using this type of media on dating apps. Of those people, 71 percent said people using AI-generated material to portray them doing things they've never done -- or visiting places they've never been -- qualifies as catfishing. On Bumble, you can now report such profiles by scrolling to the bottom and tapping the "Hide and report" button. Select the option "Fake profile" and then the reason, "Using AI-generated photos and videos." You can also write more details if you wish. As Mashable previously reported, Deception Detector led to a 45 percent decrease in reports of fake accounts in its testing phase. We'll see how many reports of AI-generated profiles Bumble gets moving forward. "An essential part of creating a space to build meaningful connections is removing any element that is misleading or dangerous. We are committed to continually improving our technology to ensure that Bumble is a safe and trusted dating environment," said Bumble's VP of product, Risa Stein, in the press release. "By introducing this new reporting option, we can better understand how bad actors and fake profiles are using AI disingenuously so our community feels confident in making connections."

Bumble users can now report profiles that use AI-generated photos | TechCrunch

Bumble is asking its users to help keep the dating app free from AI-generated profiles. On Tuesday, the company introduced a new reporting option that enables members to report profiles if they suspect someone could be using AI-generated photos and videos. Now when a user wants to report a profile, they can choose "Fake profile" and then select the option "Using AI-generated photos or videos." Other reporting options include inappropriate content, underage users, scams, and the use of someone else's photos, among others. Bumble's new reporting option arrives at a time when, unfortunately, AI-generated photos on dating apps are common, and are often used to scam or deceive others. With the click of a button, you can catfish matches into thinking you own a yacht and have chiseled abs. Bumble hopes the new reporting option will help deter people from being disingenuous using AI. "An essential part of creating a space to build meaningful connections is removing any element that is misleading or dangerous," Bumble's vice president of product, Risa Stein, said in a statement to TechCrunch. "We are committed to continually improving our technology to ensure that Bumble is a safe and trusted dating environment. By introducing this new reporting option, we can better understand how bad actors and fake profiles are using AI disingenuously so our community feels confident in making connections." The new reporting option follows Bumble's launch of an AI tool called "Deception Detector," which uses AI and human moderation to detect and remove fake profiles, spammers and scammers. Since launching the feature in February, Bumble claims member reports of spam, scams and fake profiles decreased by 45%. Bumble also has an AI-powered "Private Detector" tool that automatically blurs nude photos. While Bumble is fighting AI-generated profiles, the company's founder, Whitney Wolfe Herd, has some interesting ideas for the technology. During an interview, Herd said that the future of online dating could be where AI "dating concierges" or assistants go on hundreds of dates on your behalf to find the perfect match. We're not sure how many people will be on board with that idea, but to each their own.

Bumble wants users to report AI-generated images

Members can help take the sting out of catfishing and dating scams. Bumble is making it simpler for its members to report AI-generated profiles. The dating and social connection platform now has "Using AI-generated photos or videos" as an option under the Fake Profile reporting menu. "An essential part of creating a space to build meaningful connections is removing any element that is misleading or dangerous," Bumble Vice President of Product at Bumble Risa Stein said in an official statement. "We are committed to continually improving our technology to ensure that Bumble is a safe and trusted dating environment. By introducing this new reporting option, we can better understand how bad actors and fake profiles are using AI disingenuously so our community feels confident in making connections." According to a Bumble user survey, 71 percent of the service's Gen Z and Millennial respondents want to see limits on use of AI-generated content on dating apps. Another 71 percent considered AI-generated photos of people in places they've never been or doing activities they've never done a form of catfishing. Fake profiles can also swindle people out of a lot of money. In 2022, the Federal Trade Commission from almost 70,000 people, and their losses to those frauds totaled $1.3 billion. Many dating apps take extensive safety measures to protect their users from scams, as well as from physical dangers, and the use of AI in creating fake profiles is the latest threat for them to combat. Bumble released a tool called the earlier this year, leveraging AI for positive ends to identify phony profiles. It also introduced an AI-powered tool to protect users . Tinder launched to verifying profiles in the US and UK this year.