Dating app Badoo uses AI to block unsolicited dick pics

Badoo might not be the first dating app to do this. But the company is leveraging artificial intelligence to prevent unsolicited dick pics from men. The "Private Detector" can spot detect intimate pictures like dick pics, nudes, and the like before they make their way to you. The algorithm will initially blur these images, warning you that you've been sent "inappropriate content." It's your prerogative whether you want to view the picture, block it, or report it to the company. The company says it has a 98% accuracy rate.

Badoo's UK YouTube account announced the feature through a spoof infomercial starring rapper Big Narstie, which you can watch above. 

Source: The Next Web

Dating app helps you find people who look like your favorite celebrity

Dating apps have their own gimmicks to have you choose them over the many others out there. A UK-based dating app has a funny/creepy new feature, depending on who you ask. Badoo now has a “lookalike” feature, which basically lets you search for someone based on who they resemble. If you can’t date Tom Hiddleston, who says that you can’t date someone who looks like him? The app will let you upload the photo of whomever you want and it uses image recognition technology to find you similar-looking faces. Badoo’s tech identifies 160 facial features like eyebrows, hair color, chin size, etc. and takes those details and assigns a unique number of combinations to each face. It’ll then find you the best matches among the millions of images on the app. Badoo also comes preloaded with some recognizable faces, like Jake Gyllenhaal. And since you can link your Facebook account, you can look for people from your own life.

Source: Fast Company