US issues fresh warning to Nigerians over AI-edited passport photos

The United States Mission successful Nigeria has warned Nigerians against utilizing artificial intelligence, AI, oregon different integer editing tools to change passport photographs submitted with US passport applications.

The ngo issued the advisory successful a station connected its authoritative X relationship on Saturday, stressing that digitally enhanced oregon filtered passport photographs would not beryllium accepted.

“Reminder! Do NOT usage AI oregon integer editing tools connected your passport photo. We volition not judge photos that are edited oregon filtered,” the ngo stated.

It explained that passport photographs indispensable beryllium recent, taken wrong the past six months, and accurately bespeak the applicant’s existent appearance.

According to the mission, the request is indispensable to guarantee that officials of the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tin easy verify the individuality of travellers.

“Your photograph should beryllium caller (taken wrong the past six months) and look similar you (the TSA oregon CBP cause indispensable beryllium capable to archer it’s you),” the connection added.

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