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You can look thinner in live streams with SenseTime’s new tool
The world’s most valuable AI startup wants to help live streamers enhance their physical appeal with a filter
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Everyone wants to look their best in photos and videos. Now the world’s most valuable AI startup is rolling out a filter that instantly gives you a face and body makeover in live videos.
SenseTime say their algorithms can slim down someone’s face, abs, arms and legs in real time, according to the South China Morning Post. They can also adjust the width of their shoulders or make their breasts and hips curvier.
(Abacus is a unit of the South China Morning Post, which is owned by Alibaba -- an investor in SenseTime.)
Hundreds of millions of people in China already turn to selfie-editing apps to put their best face forward. It’s estimated more than half the selfies posted on Chinese social media are generated by popular touch-up apps from Meitu -- a company whose name, like Google’s, has turned into a verb.
These apps exist largely to help users mould their faces into a look that’s been dubbed the “wang hong lian,” or “internet celebrity face” -- consisting of large round eyes, a pointy chin, and flawless, pale complexion. Some apps go further by slimming and lengthening the body.
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