These image generators use vast datasets of billions of photos from the internet to learn how to create new images. However, among these datasets, researchers from Human Rights Watch identified images of children, sourced from various online platforms like YouTube, Flickr, school websites, and family photographers' websites. In one particular dataset, Lairon-5B, 190 out of 6,000 sample images were of Australian children. This raises significant privacy concerns, as parents fear the unauthorized use of their children's images. Experts suggest the best way to protect privacy is to avoid posting personal photos online.
Vocabulary:
• Generator (noun): A machine or device that creates something, in this context, it creates images using AI.
• Data sets (noun): Collections of related sets of information composed of separate elements but can be manipulated as a unit by a computer.
• Possum (noun): A tree-dwelling Australasian marsupial with a prehensile tail.
• Entity (noun): Something that exists as a single and complete unit.
• Scale (noun): The size or level of something, especially when this is large.
• Researchers (noun): People who conduct studies to discover new information.
• Territory (noun): An area of land in Australia under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state.
• Human Rights Watch (noun): An international organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
• Sample (noun): A small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.
• Flickr (noun): An online photo management and sharing application.
• Educating (verb): Giving intellectual, moral, and social instruction to someone, typically at a school or university.
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