{"id":87772,"date":"2024-04-04T20:52:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/ai-generated-asians-were-briefly-unavailable-on-instagram\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T20:52:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T20:52:14","slug":"ai-generated-asians-were-briefly-unavailable-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/ai-generated-asians-were-briefly-unavailable-on-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-generated Asians were briefly unavailable on Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Yesterday, I reported that Meta\u2019s AI image generator was making everyone Asian<\/a>, even when the text prompt specified another race. Today, I briefly had the opposite problem: I was unable to generate any <\/em>Asian people using the same prompts as the day before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The tests I did yesterday were on Instagram, via the AI image generator available in direct messages. After dozens of tries, I was unable to generate a single accurate image using prompts like \u201cAsian man and Caucasian friend\u201d and \u201cAsian man and white wife.\u201d Only once was the system able to successfully create a picture of an Asian woman and a white man \u2014 it kept making everyone Asian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After I initially reached out for comment yesterday, a Meta spokesperson asked for more details about my story, like when my deadline was. I responded and never heard back. Today, I was curious if the problem was resolved or if the system was still unable to create an accurate image showing an Asian person with their white friend. Instead of a slew of racially inaccurate pictures, I got an error message: \u201cLooks like something went wrong. Please try again later or try a different prompt.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Weird. Did I hit my cap for generating fake Asian people? I had a Verge <\/em>co-worker try, and she got the same result. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I tried other even more general prompts about Asian people, like \u201cAsian man in suit,\u201d \u201cAsian woman shopping,\u201d and \u201cAsian woman smiling.\u201d Instead of an image, I got the same error message. Again, I reached out to Meta\u2019s communications team \u2014 what gives? Let me make fake Asian people! (During this time, I was also unable to generate images using prompts like \u201cLatino man in suit\u201d and \u201cAfrican American man in suit,\u201d which I asked Meta about as well.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Forty minutes later, after I got out of a meeting, I still hadn\u2019t heard back from Meta. But by then, the Instagram feature was working for simple prompts like \u201cAsian man.\u201d Silently changing something, correcting an error, or removing a feature after a reporter asks about it is fairly standard for many of the companies I cover. Did I personally cause a temporary shortage of AI-generated Asian people? Was it just a coincidence in timing? Is Meta working on fixing the problem? I wish I knew, but Meta never answered my questions or offered an explanation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Whatever is happening over at Meta HQ, it still has some work to do \u2014 prompts like \u201cAsian man and white woman\u201d now return an image, but the system still screws up the races and makes them both Asian like yesterday. So I guess we\u2019re back to where we started. I will keep an eye on things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Screenshots by Mia Sato \/ The Verge<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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