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Bumble is letting go of swipes. Rather than asking users to swipe right or left on a profile to confirm their interest or disinterest in a potential match, the dating app is replacing it with something else, Axios reports . Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd shared the change in an interview with the publication, along with the news that Bumble is removing one of its fundamental features entirely: An optional requirement that women message first in heterosexual matches.

"We are going to be saying goodbye to the swipe and hello to something that I believe is revolutionary for the category, " Wolfe Herd said in the interview. The details are vague on what will actually replace swipes, but based on recent announcements from Bumble, there's a good chance it will have something to do with artificial intelligence. In March, Bumble shared that it was testing an AI-powered dating assistant called "Bee" that was capable of interviewing new users and recommending matches.…