Lensa AI undresses journalists without permission
Journalists were easily able to generate near-realistic adolescent and sexualised images of themselves using Lensa's Magic Avatars. J ournalists at Technology Review , TechCrunch, and Insider recorded how they were easily able to generate near-realistic adolescent and sexualised images of themselves. The findings prompted concerns about the effectiveness of the app's safety guardrails. Lensa’s terms of service oblige users to submit only appropriate content, including 'no nudes'. Lensa owner Prisma Labs CEO Andrey Usoltsev told TechCrunch that such behaviour 'can only happen if the AI is intentionally provoked' into creating unsafe content and blamed users for breaching its terms of use. System 🤖 Lensa AI Magic Avatars Operator: Melissa Heikkilä; Zoe Sottile Developer: Prisma Labs Country: UK; USA Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Generate avatars Technology: Neural network; Deep learning; Machine learning Issue: Stereotyping
- Date it happened
- 2022-01-01
- Organisation involved
- Melissa Heikkilä; Zoe Sottile
- Product, system or model
- Magic Avatars 2.0
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