A new Chinese app that lets people swap faces with celebrities is updating its policies after a backlash from users concerned about their privacy and how its convincing fake image technology could be ...

The popular app has already sparked privacy concerns over its concerning terms and conditions. First it was Face App, and now another facial recognition tech app is taking the world by storm. ZAO, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. China is having its own FaceApp privacy storm—you'll need to ignore ...

It looks like the future: the ability to seamlessly transplant yourself into the title roles of some of the biggest films of the last few decades, all from your smartphone. Little wonder that Zao, a ...

As the fad of seeing your old self using the FaceApp wanes, the vacuum has now been filled by a new app that went instantly viral in China soon after it was released on August 30. Called Zao, the app ...

Yet another AI-powered face-swapping app has gone viral, and it's introducing the usual privacy concerns in record time. The iOS app Zao quickly topped China's edition of the App Store since its ...

(Bloomberg) — Chinese face-swap app Zao rocketed to the top of app store charts over the weekend, but user delight at the prospect of becoming instant superstars quickly turned sour as privacy ...

Zao went viral in China this weekend for its realistic face-swapping videos, but after controversy about its user policy, WeChat restricted access to the app on its messaging platform. Users can still ...

A new app rocketed to the top of the Chinese Apple App Store charts over the weekend called Zao. The app launched in China on Friday and allows users to swap their faces with film or TV characters ...

In brief: Hot on the heels of the FaceApp controversy comes another app that generates deepfakes and has managed to climb to the top of the free apps list in the Chinese iOS App Store. The company ...

A new app allows people to put their faces into scenes from movies and TV shows by uploading a single photo. But there could be a potential cost to a user's privacy. One user of the Chinese app Zao ...