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FaceApp Predicted Different Genders for Similar User Photos with Slight Variations

FaceApp’s algorithm was reported by a user to have predicted different genders for two mostly identical facial photos with only a slight difference in eyebrow thickness.

Date it happened
2020-12-24
Organisation involved
FaceApp
Product, system or model
FaceApp is a photo editing app that generates realistic transformations of human faces based on user uploaded photos.
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