Hey, this is Adriana, one of the show's producers. I wanted to drop by to let you know that we have a live show happening next week, Tuesday, September 9th, in San Francisco, in partnership with local station QKAD. We're hard at work preparing the show, so we're taking a break from our news episode this week. That said, we didn't want to leave you empty-handed, so we wanted to share an episode

with you from the early days of Uncanny Valley. It's all about how dating apps have changed

for the worst in the past few power, and influence of Silicon Valley.

I'm Michael Kallori, director of consumer tech and culture here at Wired.

And I'm Lauren Good. I'm a senior writer at Wired.

I'm Zoe Shipper, Wired's director of business and industry.

Today we are talking about the current state of dating apps.

The apps have evolved a lot over the years.

There are now apps where you can meet dog lovers, astrology heads, fans of live music.

Whatever your thing is, there's an app for that now.

But zoom out from those swipe right moments,

and you're looking in an ecosystem of niche platforms and algorithms that are just as delicate and turbulent as love itself.

As the industry seems to be at its all-time worst, we're wondering, could this be a corrective moment for dating apps.

So what's going on with online dating right now?

Like, what's the current state out there of the apps and the scene?

What are people doing?

I was really worried going into this episode that you guys were just going to be like,

so Lauren, tell us, you attached people as a correspondent in the field.

Yes.

We did jump on that first question, I must say.

Well, yeah.

So something like 30% of adults in the United States have used dating apps.

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