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AI tools erased scars and visible differences when asked to make people look 'normal'
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Most of the AI tools tested did as they were asked, and the photos of people with scars and birthmarks came out looking different.
What happened
A BBC Wales investigation found that AI tools including Grok, Gemini and ChatGPT removed visible differences such as scars when prompted to make a person look 'normal', while Claude and Meta's AI refused or declined. Canva's auto-retouching also altered a work newsletter photo of a woman with visible differences before it was sent out.