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AI Photo Filter Lightens Skin, Changes Eye Color in Student's 'Professional' Image
An AI application modified an MIT student's photo to appear 'professional' by lightening her skin and changing her eye color to blue, highlighting the racial bias in the training data of the program.
- Date it happened
- 2023-07-21
- Organisation involved
- Playground AI
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