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Unsolicited nudes detected and deleted by AI
Software that can detect and delete unsolicited penis pictures sent via private messages on Twitter is being developed by researchers in Seattle. The project was started after developer Kelsey Bressler was sent an unsolicited nude photo by a man. She is now helping a friend refine an artificial intelligence system that can detect the unwanted penis pictures and delete them before they are ever seen.
She said social networks could do more to protect users from cyber-flashing. "When you receive a photo unsolicited it feels disrespectful and violating," Ms Bressler told the BBC. "It's the virtual equivalent of flashing someone in the street. You're not giving them a chance to consent, you are forcing the image on them, and that is never OK."
To test and train the artificial intelligence system, Ms Bressler and her team set up a Twitter inbox where men were invited to "send nudes for science". So many volunteered their nude photos that the team has had to close the inbox.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 08 2019, @07:18AM (1 child)
"Detect is one thing ("this file named 'miranda_kerr.jpg' is a goatse"), but why delete it? It knows better than the user what she wants?"
Question: do you look at all the emails in your spam folder before deciding to delete them? Why not?
(Score: 5, Touché) by Mer on Sunday September 08 2019, @09:37AM
Of course I look at it because the compamy handling the flat I rent, my job and government services all landed in there before I whitelisted them because they have their own domain and never plead to microsoft for outlook to not filter them. After all, it's my job to check my spam folder, I'm accountable if I miss a shift change or an important notice.
Meanwhile, amazon, rakuten and various online stores always land in the inbox and I have to unsubscribe. After all, they're businesses and have an interest in reaching customers.
Shut up!, he explained.