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AI beauty ratings raise concerns for young people

AI beauty rating services that assign numerical attractiveness scores to faces are raising concerns for the body image of teenagers and young adults, according to Dawn Branley-Bell, an accredited psychologist and associate professor of digital health and wellbeing at Northumbria University in the U.K. Writing for The Conversation, Branley-Bell highlighted risks including real-time comparisons and suggestions for perceived facial flaws.

read1 min views1 publishedAug 18, 2026

Click here for more articles by Kormedi.com. Artificial intelligence (AI) can analyze a person’s face and assign a numerical score for attractiveness. Some online services even compare users’ scores in real time to determine a “winner,” while viewers rate or mock those who receive lower scores in live chats. This is one example of the so-called “AI beauty rating” services that have recently appeared online. Some websites and apps go beyond simply analyzing photos or videos and assigning an attractiveness score. They allow users to compare their appearances with others and identify perceived facial “flaws,” sometimes offering suggestions on how to improve them. Dawn Branley-Bell, an accredited psychologist and associate professor of digital health and wellbeing at Northumbria University in the U.K., recently highlighted the potential risks of this emerging AI beauty rating culture for the body image of teenagers and young adults in an article for The Conversation, a nonprofit academic and journalism platform. Turning 'attractiveness' into numbers One concern with AI beauty

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