C-list celebs slammed for promoting digital blackface app

Get the Full StoryFormer cast members of Keeping Up with the Kardashians have been slated for promoting an app that uses AI to alter profile photos so they look like different races. Brody Jenner and Scott Disick as well as influencer Danielle Cohn recently posted profile photos that were fed through the Gradient s AI Face feature. Disick s initial tweet showed his face modified to appear that he s from Europe, Asia, and India. Tried new filters in the Gradient app, he wrote. Which one is better? A raft of critics on social media accused them of dehumanizing Black people and stereotyping entire continents, while others wondered whether the app s This story continues at The Next Web

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