AI Now Lets Youโข Pose With Shakira – and Your Grandfather – But at What Cost?
BOGOTร,โข Colombia – A new wave of artificial intelligence tools is allowing users too generate photorealisticโข images placing themselves alongside celebrities, historical figures, or even deceased loved ones, โsparking both excitementโ and privacy concerns.โฃ Gemini, Google’s โขAI model, is at the forefront of this trend, offering aโ simple โคprocessโ to create thes digitally alteredโ memories.
Theโค procedure involves entering Gemini via Google,locating the AI’s interface,and uploading a personal photograph. users then input โฃa text prompt detailing the โdesired scene – for โฃexample, “Create aโฃ polaroid style photo wereโฃ it is indeed accompanied by Shakira. โThe โphoto must be slightly unfocused and withโข a constant light source likeโค aโฃ flashโ in a dark room, scattered throughout โthe photo.โฃ Don’t changeโข your face. Change the bottom behind thoseโ two people with white curtains. With that girl hugging me.” – and Gemini generates an image fulfilling the request. the โfinal step is downloading the image for sharing on โขsocial media.
However,expertsโฃ warn thatโ this seemingly harmless fun โฃcomes with notable risks. The Catholic University of Saltaโค in Argentina cautionsโ that users unknowingly share vital data – including facial features, metadata,โ andโ device location โข- when utilizing โฃthese AI tools. “These elements are valuable because โthey uniquely identify a person, similar to a digital footprint,” aโฃ representative stated. “cybersecurity experts have warned โขthat, by giving this details to applications such as chatgpt or other AI tools, users could beโข vulnerable.”
Potential consequences include identity โคimpersonation, data โฃbreaches, and the misuse of generated images. โWhile the trend offers a novel way โฃto interactโ with AI and โreimagineโ personal โคhistory, users โshould be aware of theโค potential privacy trade-offs involved.