Apple will use its street view photos to train AI models
Apple plans to start using images that you collect for cards to train its AI models. In a disclosure noted 9to5macThe company said it will use images that it captures from this month to provide its feature to look at some of its generative AI models.
Look around is the Google Street View Apple’s answer. The company initially released the function along with its 2019 Apple Maps endingS The tool allows users to see places from ground level. Apple Blurs Faces and registration plates shot in view of images to protect the confidentiality of all persons caught in his research effort.
"In addition to improving Apple Maps and algorithms that blur persons and registration plates in images published in view of the feature, Apple will also use blurred images collected during studies conducted in early March 2025 to develop and improve other Apple products and services," The company writes in the disclosure. "This includes the use of Apple’s training, power products and services, including models related to image recognition, creation and improvement."
Apple did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for more information.
The company’s Apple Maps Image Policy of the company provides a list of regions and dates when it plans to collect new images for viewing. People can find when Apple’s crews and vehicles plan to visit their area by sorting by country and then clicking a specific region.
Apple currently offers several different features that rely on image generation models. For example, an image site allows the owners of Apple Intelligence-Computing devices for writing a prompted to create a new image. The photos also have cleaning that you can use to remove items from your favorite photos.
Google has been using Street View images to train AI models for years. In 2017, for example, a pair of researchers from the company trained a machine learning model to Generate professionally looking photos from a set of Street View.
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