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ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I have not come across facial recognition software that contains Facebook pictures in its database. I don’t mean to be creepy, but I’m curious about what software you’re referring to.

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jewbacca117@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Whatever software they are talking about in the article, they don’t mention a name.

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- testfactor@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  They did mention a name. Publicly available database called PimEyes apparently.
  
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- ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  That and the following makes me suspect that this is a faked publicity stunt rather than a real prototype.
  
  “The purpose of building this tool is not for misuse, and we are not releasing it,” Nguyen and Ardafiyo write in a document explaining the project. Instead, the students say their goal is to raise awareness that all this isn’t some dystopian future — it’s all possible now with existing technology.
  
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