FaceApp responds to privacy considerations 

FaceApp, the AI-powered selfie-editing app that’s been having any other viral second of overdue, has now replied to a privacy controversy that we coated previous right here. We’ve pasted the corporate’s complete observation on the backside of this publish. The tl;dr here's that considerations were elevate…
FaceApp, the AI-powered selfie-editing app that’s been having another viral moment of late, has now responded to a privacy controversy that we covered earlier here. We’ve pasted the company’s full statement at the bottom of this post. The tl;dr here is that concerns had been raise…

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