Miss AI crowned Kanza Laili, who influenced the Moroccan way of life

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After the judges of the world's first AI beauty pageant unveiled 10 finalists last month, the inaugural Miss AI has now been crowned.

Meet Kanza Laili, a Moroccan lifestyle influencer who hopes to bring “diversity and inclusiveness” to the AI ​​creator landscape. With nearly 200,000 Instagram followers, and another 45,000 on TikTok, Lily is completely AI-generated, from her photos to her captions and buzzword-filled acceptance speech.

“Winning Miss AI gives me more motivation to continue my work in advancing AI technology,” Lely said in a video of the speech. AI is not just a tool. It is a transformative force that can disrupt industries, challenge norms and create opportunities where none existed before… As we move forward, I will promote diversity and inclusion in the field. Be committed to giving, ensuring that everyone has a seat at the technological advancement table.

The inaugural Miss AI pageant began in the spring, drawing entries from nearly 1,500 AI programmers worldwide, according to organizers Fanvue, an influential platform for both AI and human creators. Lely was created by Miriam Bissa, founder of Phoenix AI Agency, who will receive $5,000 in cash, support on Fanvue and a publicity boost to raise Lely's profile. Runners-up were France's AI contestant Lalina Vallena and Portugal's Olivia C.

While virtual influencers—a la the spunky So-Cal “robot” Lil Miquela or pink-haired Japan-based Imma—are nothing new, many of the “older” generation need the human touch and need copywriters and Created by a team of art. Not so with the directors contestants, whose images were created using only programs like Open AI's DALL·E 3, Midjourney or Stable Diffusion, and whose speeches and posts were created with programs like ChatGPT.

On her Instagram page, Lily expresses her love for the color red, advises followers to “invest in yourself daily,” attends professional conferences to share ideas and promotes her national (unnamed ) supports a sports team.

Before this week's announcement, contest organizers said entrants would be judged not only on looks, but also on their creators' use of AI tools, as well as their social media influence. AI contestants had to answer questions similar to real, human contestants, such as, “If you could have one dream to make the world a better place, what would it be?”

Judges include AI influencer Aitana Lopez and (human) pageant historian Sally-Ann Fawcett, who told CNN last month that they were looking for contestants “with a powerful, positive message.” are

But experts have also expressed concern about the implications of AI beauty pageants, as AI-generated stylized images could further homogenize beauty standards.

“I think we're increasingly losing touch with what an unedited face looks like,” Dr. Kerry McInerney, a research associate at the University of Cambridge's Leverholm Center for the Future of Intelligence, told CNN in a video interview. Think.” A shortlist was selected. (Among the 10 finalists in the competition, Laili, a hijab-wearing North African avatar, was an outlier.)

“These tools are designed to replicate and measure existing patterns in the world,” McInerney added. “They're not necessarily designed to challenge them, even if they're marketed as such tools.” To be done that enhances creativity, so when it comes to the rules of beauty…, then they are setting and repeating them.