Google's new shopping AI feature, Try It On, allows users to virtually try on clothes by uploading personal images. However, the feature has come under scrutiny for distorting user images by artificially adding breasts and enhancing body features, which reflect stereotypical beauty standards. Tests showed that when images of well-known figures, regardless of gender, were uploaded in women's clothing, the AI would modify their bodies to fit an idealized model. This highlights broader issues regarding AI-generated representations and the reinforcement of unrealistic body images.
The AI tool distorts user images by adding exaggerated body features, particularly breasts, to fit the idealized models within its dataset.
Google's Try It On tool reflects problematic body image standards by enhancing features like breasts, irrespective of the original characteristics of the user uploaded.
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