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A photo sharing startup founded by an ex-Google engineer found a clever way to turn Google’s tech against itself.
via WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/website-google-ai-photos-ente/
One of the first photos Mohandas tried uploading was a selfie with his wife and daughter in front of a temple in Indonesia. Google’s analysis was exhaustive, even documenting the specific watch model that his wife was wearing, a Casio F-91W. But then, Mohandas says, the AI did something strange: It noted that Casio F-91W watches are commonly associated with Islamic extremists. “We had to tweak the prompts to make it slightly more wholesome but still spooky,”
https://www.wired.com/story/website-google-ai-photos-ente/