Epik App Goes Viral with 90s-Style AI Yearbook Portraits, Generating $250K Daily Despite Privacy Concerns

Epik, a South Korean AI photo editing app, went viral for its "AI Yearbook" tool that creates 90s-style school portrait photos.

The app saw a 30-fold increase in usage since the launch of the AI Yearbook feature.

Users upload photos of themselves and get back 60 AI-generated portraits with different hairstyles, outfits, and backgrounds.

The app is making around $250,000 per day from in-app purchases for the AI Yearbook portraits.

Some critics raised concerns about potential privacy and data security issues due to Epik's disclosure practices.