A Photographer's Question on Ai Image Analysis & Ai Data Collection, Concent, Rights & Implications
Recently, a photographer reported that when running a search for the word "FIRE" in their Dropbox account, the search function returned multiple pictures from their archive with flames in them. This raised concerns that their photography archive may have been subject to AI image analysis without their consent.
The photographer wanted to know:
Dropbox provided clarification on their image search feature, which can search files based on keywords, including those not in the filename or metadata. They also stated that customer data is completely within the customer's control, and they will not use customer data to train AI models without consent.
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