Google came under fire this week after its new Photos app categorized photos in one of the most racist ways possible. On June 28th, computer programmer Jacky Alciné found that the feature kept tagging pictures of him and his girlfriend as "gorillas." He tweeted at Google asking what kind of sample images the company had used that would allow such a terrible mistake to happen.

Google came under fire this week after its new Photos app categorized photos in one of the most racist ways possible. On June 28th, computer programmer Jacky Alciné found that the feature kept tagging pictures of him and his girlfriend as "gorillas." He tweeted at Google asking what kind of sample images the company had used that would allow such a terrible mistake to happen.

Google’s chief social architect Yonatan Zunger responded quickly, apologizing for the feature.
As part of the new Photos app, users’ photos can be tagged and arranged automatically based on objects in the photos. For instance, pictures of skyscrapers are all arranged in an album appropriately labeled "skyscrapers." The tag feature learns as it receives more data, refining its method for recognizing and categorizing objects. The feature is flawed, but categorization isn’t the only step in photography that companies have had trouble with.

For years, Kodak used a coating on its film that favored Caucasian skin tones, making it more difficult to shoot darker skin. Nikon and other consumer camera companies have also had a history of showing bias to white faces with their facial recognition software. Zunger says that Google has had similar issues with facial recognition due to inadequate analysis of skin tones and lighting. "We used to have a problem with people (of all races) being tagged as dogs," Zunger says.

Google attempted to fix the algorithm, but ultimately removed the gorilla label altogether. Zunger noted that the company is working on longer-term fixes that revolve around which labels could be problematic and better recognition of dark-skinned faces.

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Wow!!! Na me gan gan be FTC..........




I'm dedicating this plot of land to all my fellow 'Negros'. They need to know, that black is life, black is the best. Without we the Negros, who are they?

This is barbaric and unethical!
So Google can also be caught in the act of racism. They need to be sue for that act, it's a treason to black race.


I rep black!

Racist people now Racist Software..

Why always black?

Black na their wahala

Smh . Is it wrong to b a black?

leuelliot:
Racist people now Racist Software..

lol

Never been a fan of that app anyways but this is sooooo not cool.....from racial bants to racist softwares.....Kodak sef no try sha. No be them fault.....

OMG.... Like WTF

Every pon intended.

Racists

timilehing:
Black na their wahala

If you had any bit of dignity,am sure you would feel bad if someone calls you a gorrila,not to talk of a uselezs photo app,if it was wahala as u called it,google engineers wudnt hav apologised

shuu

The woman named gorilla is someones mother and a sweetheart to the spouse_ its terrible... Thank God u appologized.

Funny ish.

Looool even technology dey discriminate. Maybe e think say dem be G-Unit member.

annoying

kazzonline:


If you had any bit of dignity,am sure you would feel bad if someone calls you a gorrila,not to talk of a uselezs photo app,if it was wahala as u called it,google engineers wudnt hav apologised

Why should I care if someone calls me a gorilla, when I know I am not. As far as I am concerned only someone who is disabled, deaf, dumb, blind, et al should be upset if he or she is in anyway insulted, because they had their way they would be able. If someone insults me because of my skin tone, as far I as I am concerned he or she is just being silly, and I won't feel bad. The only reason to feel bad is IF I WISHED I WAS WHITE, which I don't. If the tin pain you too much insult the guy back, pure and simple

Seems like there is a special incentive or social welfare package for whites who racially abuse blacks... I really dont understand it.

Doesn't bother me

Am black, and am proud

I don't know why but I'm finding this so funny

That was done with d intent to tag blacks as m and make us feel stupi.d

dominique:
I don't know why but I'm finding this so funny

I no go lie I laughed too, don't know why i wasn't angry at all. Maybe am being stupid or what.

To me I feel its deliberate,it was intentional done to insult blacks.
I see no correlation between us,and a typical gorilla.
Either way,am black and proud.

we've got some handful of gorillas who are more brilliant , Godly and well cultured with good manners Than the so called white supremacists , I am one of such.well cultured ,mannered and with good sense of morals than the average mr white skin.So I do not csre what sny one terms me. I care more about what God my Creator says about me

so human being is not different from gorillas abi? u deliberately did it..no excuse

Oseite:

Why should I care if someone calls me a gorilla, when I know I am not. As far as I am concerned only someone who is disabled, deaf, dumb, blind, et al should be upset if he or she is in anyway insulted, because they had their way they would be able. If someone insults me because of my skin tone, as far I as I am concerned he or she is just being silly, and I won't feel bad. The only reason to feel bad is IF I WISHED I WAS WHITE, which I don't. If the tin pain you too much insult the guy back, pure and simple

someone feed this gorilla, he's hungry.

Asito:
someone feed this gorilla, he's hungry.

Infact he is very hungry,thats to show you he doesnt appreciate him self,yarning rubbish and feeling he is making sense,i choose to ignore him cos dia is no point stating out a fact to a man who is happy been called a gorilla,he is truely a lower animal

Picturing them and a gorilla in my mind...

Google no go kill person

now you see the effect of pouting lips. I guess the TCP router mistake the image bits for G category...

Is good Google apologise tho

RACISM IN GOOGLE??