FaceApp apologises for 'racist' filter that lightens users' skintone

The creator of an app which changes your selfies using artificial intelligence has apologised because its "hot" filter automatically lightened people's skin. FaceApp is touted as an app which uses "neural networks" to change facial characteristics, adding smiles or making users look older or younger. But users noticed one of the options, initially labelled as "hot" made people look whiter. So I downloaded this app and decided to pick the "hot" filter not knowing that it would make me white. Yaroslav Goncharov, the creator and CEO of FaceApp, apologised for the feature, which he said was a side-effect of the "neural network".