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Popular face-swapping app Zao sparks another privacy outcry
Yet another AI-powered face-swapping app has gone viral, and it's introducing the usual privacy concerns in record time. The iOS app Zao quickly topped China's edition of the App Store since its August 30th launch thanks to its uncanny ability to put your face into scenes from movies and TV shows. However, Bloomberg noted that an early version of Zao's user agreement gave the developer Changsha Shenduronghe Network Technology (a subsidiary of dating and livestreaming company Momo) "free, irrevocable, permanent, transferable and relicense-able" rights to all user-made content. In other words, photos and videos involving your face effectively became the app creator's property.
