New AI service promises STI checks from penis photos but raises accuracy and privacy concerns
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Calmara is a website that offers an AI service to scan penis photos for signs of STIs, marketed as women's "intimacy bestie"
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The AI was likely trained on a very limited dataset, including synthetic penis images, raising accuracy concerns
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The service lacks age verification, posing ethical issues and legal risks around child sexual abuse material
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There are questionable privacy practices around health data handling despite claims of being HIPAA compliant
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Health advocates criticize the website as an ill-conceived novelty rather than a legitimate medical diagnosis tool