{
  "id": 1733364,
  "title": "AI beauty ratings raise concerns for young people",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ai-beauty-ratings-raise-concerns-for-young-people",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260819/ai-beauty-ratings-raise-concerns-for-young-people"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "AI beauty rating services, which utilize artificial intelligence to analyze and assign numerical scores to a person's facial attractiveness, have recently gained traction online. These platforms often enable users to compare their scores in real-time, creating a competitive atmosphere where viewers rate or mock those with lower scores. Dawn Branley-Bell, an accredited psychologist and associate professor of digital health and wellbeing at Northumbria University in the U.K., has raised concerns about the potential negative impacts of this AI beauty rating culture on the body image of teenagers and young adults. The practice of turning attractiveness into numerical values raises concerns about the psychological well-being of young people who may become overly focused on their perceived flaws and strive for unrealistic beauty standards.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "AI beauty ratings raise concerns for young people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/ai-beauty-ratings-raise-concerns-for-young-people-1735242",
        "published": "2026-08-18T15:27:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}