SMRTR AIMay 1, 2025Wired

Think Twice Before Creating That ChatGPT Action Figure

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A new trend of AI-generated action figures and Studio Ghibli-style images has swept social media, powered by OpenAI's ChatGPT image generator. Users upload photos to create personalized figures, but this process raises privacy concerns. By sharing images, people unknowingly provide valuable data to OpenAI, including metadata and personal information, which could be used to train AI models. While OpenAI claims to prioritize user privacy, experts advise caution and suggest steps to protect data when participating in AI image trends.

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