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👗 Google Launches Doppl: Try On Any Outfit—Virtually

Google just dropped a new AI-powered app called Doppl, now available in the U.S. on iOS and Android. The experimental app lets you try on outfits virtually using a full-body photo of yourself and any clothing image—from thrift finds to Instagram screenshots.

Upload your photo, select an outfit, and Doppl will generate an image of a virtual you wearing it. The app even creates short videos to show how the outfit might look in motion.

Doppl builds on Google Shopping’s existing virtual try-on tools, but shifts the experience to your own body—not just models. You can save and share looks, or scroll through your AI-powered wardrobe.

Google calls this a Labs experiment and warns it’s still early—fit and realism may vary—but it’s a clear step toward more personalized fashion tech.

🚨Facebook Now Wants Your Camera Roll—for AI Edits You Didn’t Ask For

Meta is prompting users to grant Facebook ongoing access to their phone’s camera roll so it can offer AI-generated photo suggestions—even for images you haven’t uploaded.

The new feature appears when you try to post a Story. If you tap “Allow,” Facebook will upload your media to Meta’s cloud and use AI to create collages, recaps, themed albums, and restylings. The company claims the photos aren’t used for ad targeting and are visible only to you—but it does use your media and facial features to train AI, under Meta’s AI Terms of Service.

While some may enjoy the automatic creativity, others are sounding the alarm about the blurry line between convenience and surveillance. Once enabled, your camera roll becomes training data—and that’s not something everyone wants from their private photos.

🇩🇪 Germany Flags Chinese AI App DeepSeek Over Data Privacy Concerns

A German data protection official has formally requested Apple and Google to remove the Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores, citing serious privacy concerns. Meike Kamp, Berlin’s commissioner for data protection and freedom of information, stated that DeepSeek failed to provide “convincing evidence” that it protects users’ personal data in line with EU regulations.

The concern stems from China’s broad legal authority to access user data stored by domestic companies, meaning any personal data collected through the app could be handed over to Chinese authorities.

Kamp’s office reportedly gave DeepSeek a choice: comply with EU data transfer laws or withdraw from the German market — a demand the company ignored. Similar actions have already been taken by Italy, which banned the app earlier this year over identical concerns. 

Privacy advocates have emphasized that DeepSeek’s China-based operations and data storage practices pose a significant risk to EU users. Apple and Google have not yet responded to the request, but they are now expected to review the report and decide whether to take action.QUICK HITS

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