Match Group chief executive Spencer Rascoff said AI should bring people closer instead of standing between them. While AI agents remain a small issue for now, he worries about the impact on human connections. "Humans need humans now more than ever," he said, emphasizing the importance of real-life dating bonds.

Rascoff said that for now, relationships between humans and AI agents remain a very small issue. But he does not dismiss the broader question of what AI could do to people's relationships with each other. "Humans need humans now more than ever," he argued.

AI should bring two people closer, not stand between them, Spencer Rascoff, chief executive of Match Group, the Nasdaq-listed, $3.5-billion parent of Tinder, Hinge, Match and OkCupid, told ET in an exclusive virtual interview.Rascoff said that for now, relationships between humans and AI agents remain a very small issue. But he does not dismiss the broader question of what AI could do to people's relationships with each other. "Humans need