“ChinAI #234: The (Privacy) Cost of Being Fabulous?” by Jeffrey Ding

Subtitle: China's viral AI-generated portrait app faces backlash on facial data collection. Greetings from a world where…Does school really start this week?…As always, the searchable archive of all past issues is here. Please please subscribe here to support ChinAI under a Guardian/Wikipedia-style tipping model (everyone gets the same content but those who can pay support access for all AND compensation for awesome ChinAI contributors).Feature Translation: How Fabulous is Fabulous Duck (Miaoya Camera)Context: If you’re interested in China’s data protection landscape, one must-follow public account is Southern Metropolis Daily’s Privacy Guard Team (隐私护卫队), which is connected to the Nandu Personal Information Protection Research Center. Recently, they covered the rise of Miaoya Xiangji (妙鸭相机), also translated as “Fabulous Duck,” an AI portrait generator that recently became one of China’s hottest apps. But: what happens with facial data after users upload 21 photos of their face to create an exclusive digital avatar?***Thanks to [...] --- First published: August 21st, 2023 Source: https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-234-the-privacy-cost-of-being --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.