Founder of queer dating app Goose quits after AI controversy

This story originally appeared on Out.Just weeks after launching a new gay dating app billed as "social-first" and "anti-algorithm," Derek Chadwick has revealed he quit Goose last week over a conflict of "vision for where this should go and the direction the company is going."What isn't known is whether his decision was in any way fueled by a report the app was using AI to trick gay men with fake potential dates.Chadwick, 31, is the beefy out gay model and actor best known for Scream Queens, his clean beauty brand Chaddy, and his spectacular muscle-centric selfies, savored by his 1.6 million followers on Instagram. Goose was his latest project, billed as an alternative to Grindr. He posted his surprising announcement Tuesday night on that personal account, but as of press time, there's nothing on the official Goose account about his exit."Some personal news. As of last week, I’ve stepped away from Goose," Chadwick wrote. "This was not a decision I made lightly. Building something for our community has been one of the most meaningful things I've gotten to do, and I'm proud to have helped push that forward. Tens of thousands of you showed up in a matter of weeks. That was you, not me, and I'll never not be grateful for it."Chadwick's departure hit Instagram five hours after Goose shared a new video of young gay men talking about why they liked the app at an event held last Friday at the Akbar gay bar in Los Angeles. Although a representative for Goose did not respond to inquiries about Chadwick by press time, the founder himself gave a cryptic explanation in his post Tuesday night. "Where I landed is that my vision for where this should go and the direction the company is going aren't the same thing anymore," he wrote. "When my name and my face are on something, I want to be able to stand behind all of it, fully. As that stopped being true, staying didn't feel right." See on Instagram This news comes six weeks after an explosive investigation found many Goose accoun