realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to Technology@lemmy.today · 2 months agoAI company deletes the 3 million OKCupid photos it used for facial recognition trainingwww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkAI company deletes the 3 million OKCupid photos it used for facial recognition trainingwww.engadget.comrealcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to Technology@lemmy.today · 2 months agomessage-square3linkfedilinkfile-text
It follows a settlement with the FTC from last month. https://www.engadget.com/ai/ai-company-deletes-the-3-million-okcupid-photos-it-used-for-facial-recognition-training-195223996.html
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoSo, in this instance, “deletes” means “removed from external access”, eh? Clever.
minus-squarerealcaseyrollins@narwhal.cityOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoSeems like it! In most cases with web services like this, “delete” doesn’t even mean “delete”, the files remain on the backup servers for some time.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThat’s what I mean. Especially since it’s after the related lawsuit, FFS. This is completely a CYA move, nothing more. They’re just making sure it’s harder to sue them for the same shit and win. 🤬
So, in this instance, “deletes” means “removed from external access”, eh? Clever.
Seems like it!
In most cases with web services like this, “delete” doesn’t even mean “delete”, the files remain on the backup servers for some time.
That’s what I mean. Especially since it’s after the related lawsuit, FFS. This is completely a CYA move, nothing more. They’re just making sure it’s harder to sue them for the same shit and win. 🤬