A ‘CREEPY’ new AI feature is reportedly coming to Android phones soon, but onlookers say it reminds them of the “beginning of a horror movie.”
The feature uses artificial intelligence (AI) to alter people’s faces in photos, to make sure everyone is smiling and no one is cemented in an ill-timed blink.
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The feature, revealed via a leaked ad, will be new to Android if and when it is officially rolled out.
It is rumoured to be arriving with the upcoming Google Pixel 8 series, according to 91Mobiles.
Although, the concept of editing faces in group photos is not new at all.
It is a frequent practice among professional photographers and photo editors.
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But that hasn’t stopped people from being freaked out by the process of what many have claimed is a feature that can ‘edit’ people’s memories.
“I find something about this so deeply upsetting and grim,” one onlooker wrote on X (formerly Twitter).
“Editing your personal photos to make people look happier, more photogenic.
“The ability to edit your own memories essentially. Awful stuff.”
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Another tweeted: “This is beginning of horror movie called: The Family Album.”
“We REALLY don’t need yet more tech to distort and alter our perception of reality, thanks,” a third stunned onlooker added.
Others, including senior editor at 9to5Google Ben Schoon, were baffled by the negative response.
“I’m legitimately shocked that so many people are opposed to this,” he tweeted.
“It’s just using multiple photos of the same scene to ‘correct’ the shot.
“I… don’t see the problem here. The average user is going to be thrilled about this.”
The new photo and editing capabilities coming to Android don’t stop there.
Google is set to use AI to create a “smoother view” video boosting option, as well as bring Night Sight’s effects and an Audio Eraser to video.
The photo Magic Editor, teased at Google’s I/O event in May, will also let Android users edit unsightly objects out of images, move their subject and even change the sky from a cloudy day to a sunset backdrop.
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