AI Threatens to Push Human Fashion Models Out of the Picture
Nearly three quarters of the fashion executives in a survey named generative AI a priority for their companies in 2024.
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Shereen Wu, a Taiwanese-American model, didn’t ask for money to participate in an October fashion show. Then 21, the Californian was in it for the exposure.
So Wu was stunned a few days later when she saw a video of the show posted on the fashion designer’s Instagram account. There was Wu, walking down a runway in a black Michael Costello dress. Except, it wasn’t Wu: Her face had been replaced with the face of a White woman she didn’t recognize.