If you have accessed any social media platform recently, you
will have likely been met with a wave of caricatures generated by
artificial intelligence ("AI") tools.
These caricatures often provide surprisingly accurate,
cartoon‑like portrayals of our personalities and lifestyles.
The question arises: "what is happening behind the scenes
with my data?"
How do these AI tools generate caricatures?
A common question is "how do these AI tools generate
realistic caricatures?" AI tools, such as ChatGPT/Dall-E,
produce AI caricatures by interpreting the photo and data you
provide in a prompt and analyse them using AI models trained on
vast collections of facial features and artistic styles. These AI
tools then identify key characteristics in your picture, such as
facial expressions, proportions and distinctive traits and then
creatively exaggerate or stylise them to generate a playful
cartoonish representation of you. The caricature is further
customised based on the
