White Influencer Lauren Blake
I Had No Idea I Stole From Black Model
… It’s A.I.’s Fault!!!
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White influencer Lauren Blake is breaking her silence after getting called out for putting her face on a black model’s body for likes … claiming she had no idea A.I. ripped the image from someone else.
Social media exploded earlier this week … when Tatiana Elizabeth discovered her pic from the U.S. Open in 2024 popped up again on Blake’s page, which boasts 1.6 million followers.
Blake’s post was almost identical — even the clothes and accessories match — except she put her own face on Elizabeth’s body and changed the location to Miami, as if she was at the Miami Open earlier this month.
“Bar for bar,” TE said the other day. “The weirdest part about this is that it’s not even an A.I. influencer. This is a real person who used A.I. to put her head on my body.”
Blake is now speaking out … and she tells TMZ Sports she didn’t know the image was stolen until after the fact.
“That shouldn’t have happened, and I take full responsibility,” Blake said.
“This came from an A.I. content system my team uses to generate images at scale. I did not see the original image or intentionally set out to copy anyone’s work, but that doesn’t change the outcome.”
She continued … “I understand this impacted another creator, especially when it comes to respecting original work, and I never want to contribute to that kind of frustration or harm within the creative community that I have been a part of for 10 years.”
Blake has since deleted the post and has vowed to be more involved in her content moving forward. Long story short, she’s going to personally approve anything that goes up on her page “to ensure proper originality and respect for others’ work.”
Blake went on to say she’s actually thankful for the chatter … adding, “I’m listening and appreciate you.”
At the time, Elizabeth said she hadn’t heard from Blake … but it’s unclear if that’s changed since the outrage.
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