Jay Parikh, Facebook’s vice president of Engineering said,advances in artificial intelligence and deep learning mean in future the system can better analyze the content of these images.
It will then alert users if photos of family members are about to be made public, and also make it easier for Facebook to remove “objectionable content” automatically, without the need for a human to check it.
“If you were to upload a photo of your kids playing at the park and you accidentally had it shared with the public, this system could say: ‘Hey wait a minute, this is a photo of your kids, normally you post this to just your family members, are you sure you want to do this?’
Artificial intelligence will also be used to make it easier for Facebook to remove objectionable content. Details remained scant about these innovations, but perhaps a warning would encourage oversharing parents to consider whether the kid post would be better sent only to other family members.
Parikh shared this news in a summary of future plans that also included virtual reality settings and updated features that would better allow blind or visually impaired Facebook users a more descriptive experience.
Via [Evening Standard]
