{
  "id": 1735242,
  "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",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-18T15:27:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260819/ai-beauty-ratings-raise-concerns-for-young-people"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The emergence of AI beauty rating services has raised concerns among psychologists and mental health experts about their potential impact on the body image and self-esteem of young people. These services analyze facial features and assign a numerical attractiveness score, often allowing users to compare their ratings with others in real-time. Dawn Branley-Bell, a psychologist and academic, warns that turning attractiveness into a quantifiable number can be detrimental to the mental well-being of teenagers and young adults who might feel pressured to conform to unrealistic beauty standards or become overly self-conscious about their perceived flaws.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "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",
        "published": "2026-08-18T15:17:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}