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Creative Bloq
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Joseph Foley

Barbie-inspired AI magazine cover sparks controversy

Glamour magazine AI image cover featuring Lisa Opie

Another day, another AI art controversy. Text-to-image generators are increasingly entering mainstream use, and that's now extending to the covers of fashion magazines. Hot on the heels of the very strange Vogue Bella Hadid AI cover, Glamour is the latest to use AI-generated imagery instead of traditional fashion photography for a cover image.

A Barbie-inspired cover for the July edition of Glamour in Bulgaria features model and swimsuit designer Lisa Opie. Only it isn't really her. And the clothes don't exist either. The image was generated entirely by an AI image generator.

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