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Apple Uses Machine Learning To Chronicle All the Bra Pics On Your iPhone (vice.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the it's-not-polite-to-stare dept.

New submitter bumblebaetuna shares a report from Motherboard: It's already well known that iOS 11 included some advanced updates to the phone's artificial intelligence, and this includes improving the photo app's ability to identify and categorize what is in each of your photos. There are thousands of objects the phone can identify, ranging from "abacus" to "zucchini." Weirdly, despite not having categories for, say, "nude," or "underwear," there are multiple categories for bra: brassiere, bandeau, bandeaus, bra, bras, and brassieres. Searching for this folder in your photos app may reveal an unexpected surprise. Though there are some pretty archaic terms like "homburg," "habiliment," and "danseuse," the "bra" category is unusual compared to the other quotidian labels the app slaps on your photos, and is as risque as the terms get.

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  1. So that's what she's doing in there by bobbied · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what Siri is doing in there, sorting my photos... She gives me the creeps....

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  2. Can it identify foods? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can it identify a hotdog?

    Hotdog
    Not hotdog
    Eggplant

  3. Negotiations by fyngyrz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Q: Lady, would you sleep with me for a million dollars?

    A: Yes, I would.

    Q: Would you sleep with me for a dollar?

    A: What do you think I am?!?!

    ... We've already established what you are, madam, now we're just haggling over the price.

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  4. Re:Well, no, not generally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Why is it you conservatives have no idea what a false equivalence is? You can also search transparent bikinis and get results as raunchy as you can for bras. Do you also lump crotchless jeans in with regular jeans? They're not the fucking same, and have 2 readily apparent, differing uses. The bra one would wear to work is not the sexytime transparent bra you pontificated on (well, unless laundry day is way past due).

    Dammit you people piss me off.