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Chiara Castro

Everyone wants the viral AI doll – but it’s a privacy nightmare waiting to happen

Lance Ulanoff's action figure next to the Grok 3 logo displayed on a smartphone with a ChatGPT logo on the background.

Right after the Ghibli-style AI image trend began to wear off, ChatGPT and similar tools found a new way to encourage people to upload their selfies into their system—this time, to make an action figure version of themselves.

The drill is always the same. A photo and a few prompts are enough for the AI image generator to turn you into a packaged Barbie-style doll with accessories linked to your job or interests right next to you. The last step? Sharing the results on your social media account, of course.

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