QOVES Newsroom

Applications for the QOVES 2026 summer research internship in London are now closed.

• Learn, build, and work on real industry projects alongside the research team.
• Includes a competitive stipend for the program.

• A new study looks at whether freckles make a face more or less attractive
• A second study compares how machine ratings of facial attractiveness line up with human ones

• A new press page collects the coverage QOVES has appeared in
• The press kit has logos, typography, approved wording and a media contact for anyone writing about us

• A new security page sets out where your photos are stored, how long they are kept and when they are deleted
• Photos, analysis and account details are held in separate systems under European data residency

• Notification preferences, profile details and photo management now sit together in your account
• "No beard" is now an option when describing your grooming

• New consent controls let you decide how your photos and results are used, and change your mind at any time

• You can now add, remove and switch the card on file from your account
• Subscriptions can be moved to a different payment method yourself

• A new limitations page tells you which parts of the analysis your photos could not fully support, and why

• Annotation labels now sit in clean translucent pills with consistent sizing across every figure
• Eye, cheek, neck and chin diagrams have been redrawn for clarity

• Wrinkles, pores, smoothness, oiliness, redness, sun damage and pigmentation are each scored per region of the face rather than as one overall number
• Every skin measure comes with its own annotated figure