Lauren Blake’s A.I. Excuse Doesn’t Cut It After Face-Swap Scandal

Influencer Lauren Blake is claiming her A.I. program went rogue—and she’s using that as her defense after getting torched online for swapping her face onto a Black model’s body. Yeah, that’s her story. The white content creator posted the edited image earlier this week hunting for clout, and Twitter absolutely lost it when people realized what she’d done.

Blake broke her silence to deny any intentional wrongdoing, saying the A.I. tool she uses supposedly pulled the image without her knowledge or consent. She’s basically saying: “My robot did it, not me.” Fans aren’t buying it. The backlash has been swift and brutal, with people calling out the tone-deaf move and questioning how she didn’t notice what was actually posted to her feed.

The Black model featured in the original photo hasn’t publicly commented, but the internet has made it crystal clear that Blake’s explanation sounds like a cop-out. Whether this was negligence or something worse, the damage to her reputation is already done.

Based on reporting from TMZ.