Aged 13, I became obsessed with taking selfies. I would pout and post and watch the likes roll in. Rinse and repeat. Except what I was capturing on my phone’s camera wasn’t actually me – it was a ...

We are increasingly curating our online personas, handpicking the images we share and choosing to present ourselves through a “beautification” lens. This shift has given rise to a quiet revolution: ...

A new filter on TikTok has the internet up in arms. It's an important debate for anyone who cares about the future of social media. This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review's weekly ...

In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become the unexpected architect of beauty standards, subtly redefining our self-image through the filters we apply to our digital selves. From ...

TikTok’s new “bold glamour” filter “enhances” physical features in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish whether someone is using a filter or not, despite its airbrushing qualities. Unlike its ...

The most widespread use of augmented reality isn’t in gaming: it’s the face filters on social media. The result? A mass experiment on girls and young women. Veronica started using filters to edit ...

Perhaps to the initial dismay of some collaborators, Grace Choi isn’t an idea repeater. “I never like to do the same thing twice,” said the augmented reality filter creator, who knows the key to ...