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AI model appears in top fashion magazine

An AI model has appeared in a top  fashion  magazine for the first time. In the August edition of the best-selling "Vogue" magazine, a "perfect-looking" blonde model has been used to show off summer clothes from the lifestyle brand Guess. Vogue says it is the first time an AI-generated "person" has featured in its pages. It said its editors did not decide to include a computer-generated model, and that the model was part of an advertising campaign. The model was created by a company called Seraphinne Vallora. It said it used AI because it saw a "gap in the market". The company added that it wanted to "harness the incredible power of AI to revolutionize marketing images".

The Guess ad has created a lot of controversy in the fashion industry. Sinead Bovell, a former model, wrote an article for Vogue five years ago about how AI might replace human models. Many people in the fashion world are now worried this could come true. Another model, Felicity Hayward, said the Guess ad was "very disheartening and quite scary". She called it a "kick in the teeth" for diversity in the industry because AI models will replace real models. The CEO of the eating disorder charity Beat is also worried. She thinks perfect AI models will make people worry that their own body is not perfect. She said: "Poor body image increases the risk of developing an eating disorder."

 

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True / False

1) An AI model is in a leading fashion magazine for the second time.  T / F

2) The model was modelling clothes for an autumn collection of clothes.  T / F

3) It wasn't the magazine's editors' decision to put the AI model in its mag.  T / F

4) The model was created because a company saw a gap in the market.   T / F

5) Five years ago, a model predicted AI models would replace real ones.  T / F

6) Another model said a photographer kicked her in the teeth.  T / F

7) The boss of an eating disorder charity said AI models could help people.  T / F

8) The boss of the charity said AI models could lead to eating disorders.  T / F 

 

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Discussion

1) What do you think of creating AI fashion models?

2) What do you think the life of a model is like?

3) In what ways might AI models be better than human models?

4) Should models in fashion magazines be all different sizes and colors?

5) How dangerous is AI for models, musicians and singers?

6) What do you think of fashion magazines?

7) What "incredible power" does AI have?

8) What advice do you have for human fashion models?