Users of viral face-tuning app acquire criticised its ‘hot’ filter for whitening skin The creator of an app which changes your selfies using artificial intelligence has apologised because its “hot” filter automatically lightened people’s skin.
FaceApp is touted as an app which uses “neural networks” to change facial characteristics,adding smiles or making users explore older or younger. But users noticed one of the options, initially labelled as “hot” made people explore whiter.
So I downloaded this app and decided to pick the "hot" filter not knowing that it would make me white. It's 2017, or c'mon guys smh#FaceApp pic.twitter.com/9U9dv9JuCmSo this app is apparently racist as hell. But at least I'm sassy. #faceapp https://t.co/I0L4yWWXaV pic.twitter.com/v1ME8H8sePI used FaceApp on the men of the GOP. I call it "Too Many Pams." pic.twitter.com/nLvOjLGNXoContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com