Both versions on Replicate (Tencent and xintao) needlessly censors faces #315

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opened 2026-01-29 21:46:47 +00:00 by claunia · 0 comments
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Originally created by @jlnhlfan on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023).

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I was trying to use the versions of GFPGan available on Replicate when suddenly, faces are being censored!

Before today, faces were never censored, yet all of a sudden, they are. I am not sure when this started happening.

And it's not an issue with privacy, as I have attached another screenshot where a face ISN'T censored.
It's not an issue with racial bias, either, as here, we have an Asian face that was ALSO censored.
It's not the version that was the problem (v1.4), as v1.3 also blacks out the face.
It isn't even because they're faces of real people; The last image is the face of a fictional character of mine. Result? Yep; censored.

What is with this random censoring?

https://replicate.com/tencentarc/gfpgan/versions
As we can see above, it's also not an issue with versions, as a new version hasn't been hosted on the site in over 4 months.

Originally created by @jlnhlfan on GitHub (Feb 14, 2023). ![Screenshot_February_14_2023_10_59_25_AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31529087/218838295-746bc532-5057-4aec-a287-76c00000e38a.png) ![Screenshot_February_14_2023_11_05_59_AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31529087/218838301-0b9988b6-dd67-4474-a7e1-59a33a0fbee4.png) ![Screenshot_February_14_2023_11_06_59_AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31529087/218838306-12fad576-1c09-4fca-b75a-6f8e4a7bfe99.png) ![Screenshot_February_14_2023_11_09_36_AM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/31529087/218838309-656eda32-83a7-4a28-96a9-57b650dd8c7b.png) I was trying to use the versions of GFPGan available on Replicate when suddenly, faces are being censored! Before today, faces were never censored, yet all of a sudden, they are. I am not sure when this started happening. And it's not an issue with privacy, as I have attached another screenshot where a face ISN'T censored. It's not an issue with racial bias, either, as here, we have an Asian face that was ALSO censored. It's not the version that was the problem (v1.4), as v1.3 also blacks out the face. It isn't even because they're faces of real people; The last image is the face of a fictional character of mine. Result? Yep; censored. What is with this random censoring? https://replicate.com/tencentarc/gfpgan/versions As we can see above, it's also not an issue with versions, as a new version hasn't been hosted on the site in over 4 months.
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Reference: TencentARC/GFPGAN#315