British charities and disability advocates have slammed a trend for using AI to generate "fetishised" images of women with disabilities and genetic conditions including Down syndrome, vitiligo and albinism. The images show "very fetishised bodies" and "very sexual content", said Aisha Sobey, a University of Cambridge researcher studying generative AI. These AI influencers "are mostly young white women," said Emanuel Maiberg of the 404 Media tech news outlet who has covered the trend. - 'Harmful and unacceptable' -The AI images are often medically unlikely or impossible. AI images perpetuate "misinformation", for example that people with albinism have red eyes, she said.

Source: The Standard March 27, 2026 18:33 UTC