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'You're a 4 Out of 10': The Troubling Rise of AI Appearance Ratings

Researchers say AI face-rating tools can intensify body dissatisfaction, encourage risky appearance changes and be used by abusers to demean partners.

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A teenager joins an online video chat. Within seconds, artificial intelligence analyzes their face and gives them a score out of 10 for "attractiveness." They are compared in real time with another user who scores higher and is declared the winner. The game is live-streamed, and the audience ridicules the loser in the chat.

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The Conversation broke the news in Boston, United States on Monday, August 10, 2026.
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