Canva apologizes after AI tool replaces 'Palestine' with 'Ukraine' in user designs
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Jess Weatherbed
1mo ago· 2 min readenNews
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Canva's new AI-powered Magic Layers feature was found to automatically replace the word "Palestine" with "Ukraine" in user designs. The issue, discovered by X user @ros_ie9, specifically targeted the word "Palestine" while leaving related terms like "Gaza" unaffected. Canva acknowledged the problem, apologized, and stated it has resolved the issue while taking steps to prevent recurrence.
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Canva’s new Magic Layers AI feature has been caught replacing the word “Palestine” in designs
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