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Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer described using her new app Dazzle, an AI assistant trained on a user's camera roll, to generate talking points describing her daughter for a school presentation and to plan birthday themes, playdates and vacations. After backlash online, Mayer posted on X clarifying she was testing the prototype's ability to surface old photos rather than relying on it to summarize her child's personality.
Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer discussed her new app Dazzle, an AI assistant that analyzes camera roll photos, saying it helped generate bullet points describing her daughter as 'empathetic, creative, and an animal lover' for a school presentation. The comment drew criticism online, including from activist Leah Greenberg, who called it evidence of Silicon Valley's cultural disconnect. Mayer later posted on X defending herself, saying she was testing the app's capabilities rather than relying on it to describe her child, citing examples like resurfaced photos of old kindergarten projects.