Lazarki, who characterised the conference host as a family man with five children, was notified of the problem.
Product designer Elizabeth Lazarki, who has previously worked for Google, Facebook, YouTube, and other large tech companies, recently accused the organisers of an AI conference of editing her photo in a promotional advertisement.
Lazarki described how shocked she was to learn that the organisers had employed artificial intelligence (AI) to alter her photo, inserting a bra below her unbuttoned top, in a post on X (previously Twitter). She noticed that her shirt’s pockets were also gone.
Lazarki explained that when she first saw the conference ad, she thought it was strange that her bra was visible in the image and checked her original profile photo. Upon comparing the two images side by side, she realized that the ad photo had been altered. In her post, she expressed outrage over how AI had unbuttoned her blouse and added a fabricated undergarment.
Lazarki, who characterised the conference host as a family man with five children, was notified of the problem. The host immediately expressed worry and pledged to look into the matter.
He went on to say that the person in charge of the social media account had used AI to lengthen the shot in order to fit it into a particular format. The picture underwent unexpected alterations as a result of this automated approach. According to Lazarki, the AI “invented” certain aspects of her look, such as an unbuttoned blouse and the bra.
With more than two million views, her post went viral and spurred a conversation on the dangers of artificial intelligence in picture editing. Many X users responded to her tale by pointing out that AI algorithms often sexualise women in images, which is a reflection of cultural biases.
Using the AI art generator Midjourney, one user reported that prompts for women frequently produced more sexualised images than those for men. Others expressed concern about the changes, pointing out minor things like the insertion of an undergarment and the relocating of buttons.
The incident has become a notable example of how AI can misinterpret and modify visual data, raising concerns about its application in media and public representation, especially in sensitive contexts like professional events.
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