What is Lensa AI, the selfie filter app that has users thrilled and concerned?

Over the past one week, Lensa AI -- an artificial intelligence-powered image filter app -- has raised a storm on social media platforms. The cause of the storm -- after AI image generation platforms such as Midjourney created noise by creating pieces of art based on a few words of text, Lensa AI has given AI in art a new spin by turning users' selfies into virtuoso works of art. However, the social media storm has also seen many raise concerns with the service -- and what it means for user privacy and data security. What is the Lensa AI app? Lensa AI is actually not a new app, but its recent spell of popularity stems from a recent update to its core technology. The app is built by Prisma Labs -- a California-based AI developer that also shot to popularity five years ago with another of its apps, called Prisma.