Lensa is a picture editor for selfies and photo retouching. The app has many filters for pictures to get a sweet selfie, remove any blur background or do any other necessary editing.
With its simple features and photo-effects, a user can make every photo perfect 365 days a year, capture memorable moments and do the necessary photo editing to freeze each moment in time. Besides this, user doesn’t need a photo lab or dark room because within seconds peachy selfie is ready.
Some more #aigenerated self portrait iterations ???? — brb going to dye my hair pink now /s #AIart #lensa #MachineLearning pic.twitter.com/HIVUMZIy2s
— jules (@itsjulespark) December 11, 2022
The AI-generated images are allowing people to see how they might look in a fantasy world or perhaps a real world from centuries ago.
I took some photos of @CarrieUnderwood and threw them into Lensa's AI picture generator. I think some of these turned out amazing! pic.twitter.com/N0KTyHXxkr
— Philip Fisher (@Iron_Raichu) December 11, 2022
The release of Lensa’s “magic avatars” feature is a global hit for the company. Recent advancements in generative artificial intelligence allow the app to produce more impressive and varied results than its predecessor.
Subamonos! ???? #trend #photoart #ia #ai #lensa #lensaapp #ilusion #magic #lauraflores ???? pic.twitter.com/pjuqWI3jzC
— Laura Flores (@LauraFloresMx) December 11, 2022
According to preliminary estimates provided by Sensor Tower, over 4 million people worldwide downloaded the app during the first five days of December. In that same time period, users spent over $8 million in the app.
Mi avatar creado en #lensa pic.twitter.com/sv8alzqy1b
— elida ordoñez pereir (@eliordonezp) December 11, 2022
Always Read the Privacy Policy
Before diving in, take a minute to browse through the privacy policy and the terms of use to get a better understanding of what the app does with your data. “We always have to be aware when our biometric data is being used for any purpose. This is sensitive data. We should be extra cautious with how that data is being used,” says David Leslie, a director of ethics and responsible innovation research at The Alan Turing Institute and professor at the Queen Mary University of London.
Andrey Usoltsev, the CEO and cofounder of Prisma Labs, claimed the company is working to update the privacy policy in an email to WIRED. “Lensa uses a copy of the Stable Diffusion model and teaches it to recognize the face on the uploaded images in each particular case. This means there is a separate model for each individual user,” writes Usoltsev. “The user’s photos are deleted from our servers as soon as the avatars are generated. The servers are located in the US.”
How to use it to make your AI selfie:
Users upload a number of headshots onto an app called Lensa, from there, the application uses a technology called stable diffusion — a technology in which the AI has been trained with billions of images and mixes them together to create new ones.
Users upload their photos onto the app and within 10 or so minutes it generates 50 images in five different artistic styles.
The cost of the images has been fluctuating due to increasing popularity, but currently in Australia users can pay $4.49 a week, $7.99 a month or $53.99 for a year, however free trials are available.
The app has been around since 2018. However, the addition of the “magic avatar” feature last month saw millions download the app and join the trend.
A number of celebrities, including Chance the Rapper, have also put their selfies through the app and shared the results online.
