Google Photos is getting an AI meme generator, and I love and hate the idea at the same time (www.techradar.com)

An APK teardown of Google Photos v7.51.0 revealed a new “Me Meme” feature that would automatically pick a clear selfie from your backed-up photos and slot your face into popular meme templates (think “This is fine” dog or a Rickroll). The workflow looks simple: select a photo, choose a meme template, and AI handles face extraction, alignment and compositing. The code hints the tool could be powered by Google’s broader generative stack (Gemini is suggested), but the core technical moves are straightforward face detection, background-aware compositing and template mapping. For the AI/ML community this is notable because it pushes another mainstream personalization use of generative models while exposing real trade-offs. On one hand, automated meme-making lowers the barrier to creative expression and showcases scalable face-aware image synthesis. On the other, it raises questions about authenticity, privacy (auto-identifying faces in backups), moderation/deepfake risks, and whether models can recreate the “human slop” — the low-fi, imperfect artifacts, odd crops and misspellings that make memes culturally resonant. Technically, reproducing that chaotic aesthetic requires intentional artifact generation or style-transfer choices, so designers will need to balance polished outputs against preserving meme idiosyncrasy—or risk sterilizing a key internet medium.