Sean Bradley used FaceApp to make himself look older, one feature of the AI photo editing app that's trending across social media. (Photo by Sean Bradley)The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday warned presidential campaigns against using the viral face-transforming FaceApp, citing the software’s Russian developers. The app uses artificial-intelligence software to automatically alter the photos in seconds, much like similar features offered by Instagram and Snapchat. In its privacy terms, the company said it can collect any of a user’s uploaded photos as well as data on the user’s visited websites and other information. If a user deletes content from the app, FaceApp can still store and use it, the terms say.

Source: Washington Post July 17, 2019 16:12 UTC