Outrage as new AI app encourages women to upload photos of their partners’ GENITALS to perform ‘peen checks’ that screen for STDs – with consent ‘impossible’ to verify

AI is infiltrating every aspect of our lives, but until now it had drawn the line at the bedroom door. No longer.

A new app encourages women to take photos of their dates’ penises and upload them for an AI-powered ‘peen check’ to scan for possible STDs before having sex, without being able to verify the consent of those photographed or if the person photographed is over 18 years old.

Calmara, from tech company HeHealth, describes itself as your “tech-savvy BFF for STD checks” and urges users to “take a photo” so their AI can scan for “visual signs of STD” and tell you in seconds if you ‘in the open air.’

Although groundbreaking (the app struggles with reliability, as the company admits on their website) and under certain conditions has an accuracy rate of only 65 percent, meaning one in three times, they get it wrong.

Experts have also raised alarms about huge privacy concerns. One technical site, Engadgetwrote: ‘Friends won’t let friends use AI STD test’ – claiming there is no way to guarantee consent or secure data storage.

Experts have raised the alarm about huge privacy issues, claiming there is no way to guarantee consent or secure data storage, like this fake photo of a banana

Calmara is free to use and is trained on thousands of penis photos collected from the public and vetted by doctors.

Users can download the app, take a photo of their partner’s penis and upload it with just a few clicks.

The built-in AI then scans the photo and compares it to the database of photos for possible signs of STDs.

If there are any concerns, it will tell the user not to have sex and suggest measures such as using protection or visiting a doctor. It will not reveal the specifics of the disease the man is suspected of having.

If there are no signs of illness, this gives an ‘all clear’ to proceed.

But on their site, Calmara adds a disclaimer to “think of it more as your first line of defense, and not a full-fledged fortress.”

It adds: ‘Calmara is great at detecting signals that are present everywhere, but remember: some STDs play the long game, hiding (asymptomatically) or only showing up weeks after you’ve been exposed.

‘And yes, there are some that cannot be seen in the places that Calmara scans. So if Calmara gives you a “Clear!” nod, that doesn’t mean you can skip further checks.’

It also states that accuracy varies greatly from 65 percent to 96 percent across all conditions, with scores varying based on lighting and skin color.

Basil Donovan, sexual health expert and emeritus professor at UNSW’s Kirby Institute, said The guard that technology still has a long way to go.

The app requires users to get permission from their partners, but there’s no way to check if they’ve actually done so

While the app offers “global vibes,” there is no way to guarantee users are over 18

The app promises ‘clarity on the spot’ and insists it deletes photos ‘faster than Snapchat’

He said: ‘Even if you’re in a clinic with good lighting, and you have a doctor with 30 years of experience… if you look at a lesion on someone’s penis, it has a pretty weak diagnostic value just by sight alone.’

There are also concerns about data security and privacy.

The app warns that before uploading images you must have “obtained explicit consent from all persons in the images” – but there is no way to check whether a user has actually done this.

There is also no way to check if users are over 18.

In the general terms and conditions of the app, parent company HeHealth writes: ‘HeHealth Inc. requires all users to confirm that they are of legal adult age (18 years or older) as part of the account registration process.

‘HeHealth Inc. however, it does not have the means to verify the age of individuals accessing and using the Service.”

Yudara Kularathne founded HeHealth and Calmara after his friend suffered an STD scare

Co-founder Mei-Ling Lu said they are “working on” privacy concerns

Besides accuracy and consent, privacy is another ‘big issue’ for experts.

Calmara promises that the data is kept securely in the US and that they do not collect any identifying information or store the photos.

Thorne Harbor Health CEO Simon Ruth told The Guardian: ‘Recent events have shown us how easily private health information can be hacked and distributed if the technology that collects that information is not backed by a strict data security protocol.’

He added: ‘If technological advances appeal to people who have never taken steps to look after their sexual health and wellbeing, that is a step in the right direction, but it is not a substitute for regular testing for STDs. ‘

Calmara did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.