AI turned your selfie into an action figure — should you be worried about this viral trend?

HOUSTON – It starts out harmless… a friend tags you in a story — “Check out my AI action figure!” You laugh, click the link, and five minutes later, you’re feeding your own selfie into the machine to see what you’d look like as a superhero, a cartoon samurai, or a comic book villain.

Welcome to the latest viral AI trend, where your face becomes fan art.

But before you let your digital doppelgänger leap into cyberspace, some experts are raising eyebrows… and important questions…

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