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Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks (www.theregister.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

The main problem is not even the presence of machine learning content detection. It's a lot of things predating any sort of machine learning development:

  • "Screw consent" mentality: feature is by default on.
  • Product tying: Apple doesn't need to show to the user that the feature is desirable, since it's tied to its OS.
  • Leaking data: feature could be reasonably developed to run locally, but instead it sends data to someone else's computer aka "the cloud".