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They're not using an AI for that purpose. They're just sending a hash of the image and sending it along with iCloud uploads. The hashes are of images that have
by scoopertrooper 5y ago
They're not using an AI for that purpose. They're just sending a hash of the image and sending it along with iCloud uploads. The hashes are of images that have been identified by humans as containing child pornography.
- eurasiantiger 5y agoNo, the hashes are visual hashes. It is completely possible that a clean shaven adult taking pictures of themselves could get flagged.
- mrtranscendence 5y agoIt's also possible that a picture of an avocado will get flagged. A nude photo of someone who's shaved themselves is unlikely to look so much like an actual CSAM photo that it'll get flagged. It's certainly possible, but again, so's the avocado.
- godelski 5y agoThey're not hashes in the way md5sum or sha256 is a hash. They are _neural_ hashes. Which is not trying to fingerprint a specific image, but tag any image that is deemed sufficiently similar to the reference image. Hashes are unique, neural hashes aren't. To add, there are natural neural hash collisions in ImageNet (a famous ML dataset). Images that look nothing alike to us humans.