Study: AI images of white faces are now ‘hyper-real’

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Tuesday, 14 Nov 2023
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AI is now so good at depicting white people that the images are ‘hyper-real’, said the report in the journal Psychological Science. — Photo by Amanda Dalbjörn on Unsplash

PARIS: Images of faces generated by artificial intelligence (AI) can now appear more real than pictures of real people – as long as they are white, a study said on Nov 13.

AI is now so good at depicting white people that the images are “hyper-real”, said the report in the journal Psychological Science.

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