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Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks (www.theregister.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago

“You can turn off Enhanced Visual Search at any time on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Apps > Photos. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Leia: Not in Europe, right? Right?

[–] TheFlopster 8 points 5 days ago

I think it's Padme. In the meme, I mean.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I haven’t accepted iCloud ToS changes in many months, and I refuse to update to iOS 18, because of AI bullshit.

I’ll probably end up back on android over this.. at least I can get a phone that can be stripped down to basics.. (don’t ask why I got an iPhone at all.. mistakes were made..)

[–] 9tr6gyp3 2 points 5 days ago

Good luck with the Google bullshit 🫡

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 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".