Algorithms of Love: Dating in the Digital World

About this episode

The episode explores how technology has transformed dating and love, featuring insights from key figures in the online dating industry.

What happens when the quest for love gets outsourced to computers? Just in time for Valentine's Day, we're exploring how technology has changed the ways we live and love today and what changes might be coming tomorrow. Featuring: Jeffrey Tarr , Cofounder, Operation Match Gary Kremen , Entrepreneur & Founder of Match.com Steve Dean , Online Dating Consultant at Dateworking Moderator: Hanna Kozlowska , Reporter & Author of U Up? A Social History of Online Dating, which will be published with One Signal/Simon & Schuster in the US and Icon Books in the UK in 2027. This conversation was recorded on February 4, 2026, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. To watch a video of this program, please visit the Computer History Museum's YouTube channel. To learn more about the Computer History Museum and our upcoming CHM Live events, visit our website at www.computerhistory.org

People in this episode

Host: Hanna Kozlowska

Guests: Jeffrey Tarr, Gary Kremen, Steve Dean

Topics covered

• online dating
• technology
• love
• Valentine's Day
• social history
• future of dating

Keywords

• dating
• technology
• love
• online dating
• Valentine's Day
• future
• social history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Operation Match, Match.com, Dateworking, Computer History Museum, One Signal, Simon & Schuster, Icon Books

Books & works: U Up? A Social History of Online Dating

Places: Mountain View, California

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