This is seen when this filter is applied to the 44th US presidential photo of Barack Obama. When
compared between the two photos, ie before being edited and once given a
filter, it is very clear changes in skin color of Obama.
In an email, FaceApp founder and CEO Yaroslav Goncharov apologized.
"We
are very sorry about this serious problem.This is not a desirable
behavior and is the impact of the training bias being implemented,"
Goncharov said.
To reduce the problem,
FaceApp has changed the filter name (from hotness to spark) and will
then make a complete fix that is soon released. The Guardian previously reported that FaceApp was very popular over the past few weeks.
Instead of
changing the name, there are those who judge that FaceApp better pull
the filter from circulation until it is replaced by a non-racist filter.
Goncharov
also denied that the filter is supported by the application of
artificial intelligence technology from several open sources, such as
Google's TensorFlow or others.
The CEO asserts that the data set used to implement the filter belongs to FaceApp itself, not the public data set. Thus, FaceApp will be responsible for fixing it.
