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Study shows AI image-generators being trained on explicit photos of children (www.independent.co.uk)
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Study shows AI image-generators being trained on explicit photos of children::Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built

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[–] cyd@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

3200 images is 0.001% of the dataset in question, obviously sucked in by mistake. The problematic images ought to be removed from the dataset, but this does not "contaminate" models trained on the dataset in any plausible way.