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AI Generated Avatars Are Quirky and Easy to Make, but Are They Ethical?

Here's why the 'magic avatars' are creating controversy!

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If you're an avid user of the internet, some beautiful artworks made out of selfies called 'magical avatars' might have caught your eye. But, of course, it's not all magic, but the Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and the unpaid labour of thousands of digital artists.

Lensa AI is primarily a photo editing app that was launched in 2018 by Prisma Labs. However, in the past month, after they introduced 'Magic Avatars' feature powered by Stable Diffusion (a neural network), the app's popularity has skyrocketed.

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