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

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday October 31, 2017 @10:00AM 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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You got it. by AndyKron · 2017-10-31 10:35 · Score: 4, Insightful

I don't want my phone analyzing my pictures. Fuck Apple.
Re:no more revealing than a bikini top by Anonymous Coward · 2017-10-31 11:48 · Score: 3, Insightful

Even if it does reveal everything, so what? The photos are already on the device, it's not like the phone is downloading porn on its own. Another pointless controversy.