https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/lensa-ai-app-causes-a-stir-with-sexy-magic-avatar-images-no-one-wanted/ > Over the past week, the smartphone app Lensa AI has become a popular topic on social media because it can generate stylized AI avatars based on selfie headshots that users upload. It's arguably the first time personalized latent diffusion avatar generation has reached a mass audience. > While Lensa AI has proven popular among people on social media who like to share their AI portraits, the press has widely focused on the app's reported tendency to sexualize depictions of women when Lensa's AI avatar feature launched.