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: ...

When I first came across the Glow Look filter on TikTok, I dragged my self-absorbed ass into the video maker to try it on. I was expecting to be wowed by my own hotness, just like all the other girls ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meta has announced third-party augmented reality (AR) filters will no longer be available on its apps as of January 2025. This means more than two million user-made filters offered across WhatsApp, ...

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 ...

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 ...