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Russian ML/face recognition startup develops algorithm + releases it in low-key beta test until it’s reliable, then ramps of marketing for exposure and suddenly gets an influx of billions of pictures, in exchange for a few pictures after having run them through an their second software package, an age simulator.

They then proceed to sell said algorithm (and the tech behind the aging/de-aging app) to interested parties (ie law enforcement, state actors etc) all over the world.

The end. #faceapp