The Rivals author Jane Pek on AI & online dating

Jane Pek is the author of The Rivals, a novel that imagines AI’s dystopian impact on the world of online dating, and one of The Washington Post’s “10 Best Mystery Novels of 2024.”

The book’s protagonist, Claudia Lin — mystery novel superfan and, until recently, underemployed English major — has scored her dream job: co-running Veracity, a dating detective agency for chronically online New Yorkers who want to know if their prospective partners are telling the truth. Unfortunately, along the way, she and her colleagues — tech savant Squirrel, and the elegant and intimidating Becks — have uncovered a far-reaching AI conspiracy.

​​Pek’s first book in the new Claudia Lin series was The Verifiers (2022), also a Washington Post “Best Mystery” of the year.

This event, part of the NYS Writers Institute's AI & Society Conversation Series, was cosponsored by the AI & Society College and Research Center, and the Information Sciences and Technology Department of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity (CEHC), the Honors College, and the Justice & Multiculturalism in the 21st Century Project of the School of Criminal Justice.

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