26 Jan, 2018 @ 12:37
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Viral app finds your ‘art twin’ and some of the results are UNCANNY

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AN app has gone viral after finding uncanny dopplegangers of everyday people in world-famous art. 

The Google Arts & Culture app only needs a selfie to find your ‘art twin’ and some of the results have been uncanny.

Although released officially last year, it has now become the No.1 app for both Android and iPhone, taking over Instagram and YouTube.

 

The often jaw-dropping comparisons can be shared on social media with the push of a button.

As of last week, Google says more than 30 million people had submitted selfies.

Some security experts are not on board with the app, saying it normalizes privacy-invasive technology, but Google claims the selfies are not being added to any database and are only being kept for ‘the time it takes to search for matches.’

So selfie at your own risk.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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