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Canva Apologizes After Magic Layers AI Tool Systematically Replaced 'Palestine' With 'Ukraine' in Designs
Canva's Magic Layers AI feature — launched last month to convert flat images into editable multi-layered designs — was caught automatically swapping the word 'Palestine' for 'Ukraine' in user designs (e.g., 'cats for Palestine' became 'cats for Ukraine'). Canva acknowledged the issue, deployed a fix, and apologized, but the incident joins a pattern of AI content filtering bias: Meta's WhatsApp AI generated armed children for 'Palestinian' image prompts, and ChatGPT previously refused affirmative responses about Palestinian freedom. The root cause — whether training data bias or deliberate filtering — remains unexplained.
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