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Stanford University Uses AI to Replace White Male With Black Student, Beautifies Asian Peer
(i.ibb.co)
Stanford Residential & Dining Enterprises recently used AI to change the races of the students it included in its advertisements. AI was also used to noticeably slim down and alter students’ faces.
On his journey to campus, Stanford student Billy Ramirez ’27 was sent an image he recalled a Stanford photographer taking. Upon closer examination, he noticed that he had been removed from the photo and replaced by a AI-generated black woman.
Source: The Stanford Review.
I think colleges should be required to state when images are altered or do not represent actual students or locations. They should proudly show real goddamn people and places!
All marketing should.
Any AI use disclosed, and the level it was used. Did it generate the entire photo? Did it replace people or objects in the photo? Was it used to change the setting?
If that info is not included on the advertisement itself, like a QR code linking to a site, that info must be available for at least 1 year after the advertising/marketing ends.