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Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live (www.forbes.com)
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Google confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation. That means Gemini seeing who you know and what you do. You likely have tens or hundreds of thousands of photos. They’re all exposed if you update.

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[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's definitely some family member, friend, colleague who has taken a picture of you and your likeness will be processed.

Hah, I'm good then.

I'm a vampire.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Actually only DSLRs use mirrors. Every other camera can see you Nightwalker

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ah but you see, I'm a Clown Juggalo Vampire

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't face paint just make you look like the invisible man in photos?

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Don't know, but in mirrors it looks funky. And I only have a Minolta Maxxum 7000. They don't build then like they used to.

I imagine AI finds it even weirder.

[–] Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

DSLRs only use mirrors for the viewfinder. Would appear just fine to the sensor