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Google dev apologizes after Photos app tags black people as “gorillas”

Posted on 6/30/15 at 2:48 pm
Posted by Street Hawk
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Posted on 6/30/15 at 2:48 pm
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Last month, Google rolled out an updated version of its Photos app that had been divorced from Google+ and bolstered with a few slight tweaks—in particular, its ability to automatically tag photos and generate albums based on objects it identifies, including "food" and "landscapes."


Unfortunately, that object database not only included wild animals but also conflated them with humans—specifically, on Monday, when an African-American man looked in his Google Photos collection and discovered an automatically generated album of him and his black female friend labeled "gorillas."

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Posted by tigerbutt
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no comment
Posted by Hammertime
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I'm sorry man, but that is just
Posted by Fusaichi Pegasus
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GOOGLIRA
Posted by iliveinabox
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Fancy
Posted by CptBengal
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It's the algorithm.
Posted by northshorebamaman
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If you can't laugh at that, you have no sense of humor.
Posted by 12
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Posted by Boudreaux35
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Google needs to be banned from the internet
Posted by Paige
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no fricking way
Posted by Mo Jeaux
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no comment
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Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
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With all of the one-sided race wars that have been going on lately, this is just too funny. I'd assume even black guys would find it funny because I have heard them say some funny stuff about their women
Posted by CidCock
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gorilla lives mater
Posted by Missile
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In this mutha!
Posted by Hu_Flung_Pu
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I laughed my arse off just now. It's hard getting a quiet laugh in the office.
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This can't be real
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Posted by Clyde Tipton
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Missing link much?
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