There are a sh*t-ton of obviously fake AI profiles that are always in my grid. Grindr is responsible, either directly or complicitly with a partner organization. Different patterns emerge and are obvious. Just one obvious example, trans women MTF, usually under 25, with a 3-word name (JuicyGemGoddess, PeepToePrincess), names are reused, pics are AI generated. If it exists for tranny profiles, it is being done for less obvious (i.e. more desirable demos).

This is a blatant violation of TOS and guidelines. If I can observe this trend, then Grindr computers must be able to. THIS MEANS GRINDR IS AWARE, AND PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE, OR AT A MINIMUM, COMPLICIT. Is Grindr using AI to troll its own users?

Looks like Grindr is probably using these to train its own LLM for deployment. It is fraud. It should require users positive agreement that Grindr is permitted to display AI profiles and has explicit permission to use interaction with such profiles for training or other any other purposes. Grindr users need to trust that they are interacting exclusively with humans. When Grindr or a surrogate breaks its own rules/TOS, it destroys that trust for all profiles. I pay for the service, not for risk of wasting time interacting with a fake AI profile, especially ones which Grindr is creating.