Lensa AI Turned Women's Selfies Into Sexualized 'Magic Avatars'
In late 2022, the Lensa AI app exploded with 4 million downloads in a week for its 'Magic Avatars' feature. But women quickly noticed a disturbing pattern: the AI consistently generated hypersexualized images from their normal selfies — adding revealing clothing, enlarged features, and sexualized poses that men's images didn't receive. The app was also criticized for generating 'anime-style' NSFW content of users and for erasing racial features from photos of people of color.
In late 2022, the Lensa AI app exploded with 4 million downloads in a week for its 'Magic Avatars' feature. But women quickly noticed a disturbing pattern: the AI consistently generated hypersexualized images from their normal selfies — adding revealing clothing, enlarged features, and sexualized poses that men's images didn't receive. The app was also criticized for generating 'anime-style' NSFW content of users and for erasing racial features from photos of people of color.
Weirdness Classification
9/10 — Deeply unhinged
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