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The uncanny latest generation of filters uses GAN technology to regenerate every pixel on a face
In case you’ve been on TikTok recently, you may have come face-to-face with a scarily yassified version of yourself. The Daring Glamour TikTok filter, which has now been utilized in 46.8 million videos, is a heavy contour make-up filter that changes in response to who’s using it, and never glitches. It is only one example of the brand new generation of filters which use AI and machine learning to be eerily lifelike and undetectable. Others include the Teenage Look filter, which de-ages users, and the Lite Foundation filter, which removes moles, beauty marks and pimples spots, giving...
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MARTHA’S MOMENT: It was all about Martha Stewart on Thursday night, as Sports Illustrated took over the Hard Rock Hotel in Times Square in Manhattan to have fun its latest annual swimsuit issue.
The 81-year-old had turn out to be the oldest cover model to be featured within the annual issue earlier within the week when the covers were released, and he or she was in high demand on the celebration party. Fellow cover face Megan Fox was there, appearing to be on again with fiancé Machine Gun Kelly despite recent confusion about their relationship status. The couple posed for photos with Stewart, before Machine Gun Kelly turned to Fox and asked if she would take a photograph of him with...
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From IRL fashion shows and club nights to social media and Reddit threads, individuals are turning to the magical to make sense of the chaotic world around them
Taken from the spring 2023 issue of Dazed. You possibly can buy a replica of our latest issue here
It’s January, and I’m sitting within the smokers’ area of a south London club as a man tries to persuade me that the silver crucifix around his neck is spiritual protection against the night, which he claims is a “pagan reverse psy-op”. We’re here for gr1n, the newest in a series of experimental nights in town exploring the connection between technology and the spiritual. Ravers wearing white...
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