IBM Used Creative Commons Photos from Flickr to Train AI Facial Recognition

1. Does Flickr have facial recognition?
2. What does all Creative Commons mean on Flickr?
3. Is Flickr copyright free?
4. Can Google search faces?
5. How do I find someone's Flickr account?
6. Does facial recognition work with pictures?
7. Is Flickr dead?
8. Where can I find creative common images?
9. How do you know if an image is copyrighted?
10. Does Flickr own your photos?
11. How many photos can you store on Flickr for free?

Does Flickr have facial recognition?

Flickr has an image recognition algorithm that suggests possible tags for photos to users, which it says is based on image patterns and is not the same as facial recognition. However, just because Flickr itself doesn't use facial recognition doesn't mean that Flickr isn't used to provide data for outside systems.

What does all Creative Commons mean on Flickr?

mcdermid_g: Every Creative Commons license requires that you attribute the image to the photographer. Some of the licenses require that you also use a Creative Commons license on anything that you create with that image.

Is Flickr copyright free?

Flickr photos are copyrighted and require written permission and consent from the photographer. ... Public credit does not provide copyright permission nor are Flickr photos public domain. It is best to protect your interests and use stock photos for your personal, commercial and marketing needs.

Can Google search faces?

Google Images Search: Reverse Face Search

Click the camera icon to search by image. You can either paste the image URL or upload an image and Google will find similar images. Moreover, you can make Google search for faces only by adding a small bit of code.

How do I find someone's Flickr account?

Click on the person's name to view their profile. Click Follow.
...

1. Mouse over You | Click People.
2. Click Find Friends.
3. Click Yahoo Mail, Gmail, or Facebook to search their address books.
4. Click Follow for a contact you want to see more of.

Does facial recognition work with pictures?

The face-unlock feature on nearly half of late-model Android phones can still be fooled by photographs, a Dutch study has found. Many people know that Apple's Face ID system is more secure than the default Android facial recognition program. For example, Face ID can't be fooled by a photograph.

Is Flickr dead?

To sum up some recent events: on April 2018, SmugMug acquired Flickr for an undisclosed amount. My understanding is that it was a do-or-die deal, had they not acquired it, Flickr would be shutdown by now. It was a rescue operation.

Where can I find creative common images?

These resources provide access to Creative Commons-licensed video content.

• Internet Archive Stock Footage. ...
• CreativeCommons.org. ...
• Moving Image Archive. ...
• Vimeo. ...
• WikiMedia Commons. ...
• YouTube.

How do you know if an image is copyrighted?

How to check the copyright for an image?

1. Look for an image credit or contact details. ...
2. Look for a watermark. ...
3. Check the image's metadata. ...
4. Do a Google reverse image search. ...
5. Search the U.S. Copyright Office Database.

Does Flickr own your photos?

According to Flickr's terms and conditions page, even after uploading photos to the site, the user retains all intellectual property rights to their content, including the copyright on their photos and videos. ... You can, however, set your preferences so that some or all of your Flickr photos can be used by anyone.

How many photos can you store on Flickr for free?

Flickr storage

A Flickr free account is limited to 1000 photos and videos, making it a weak option in terms raw storage capacity. For example, if you consider low resolution smartphone photos are on average 2-3 MB, it means a Flickr free account can cap out at 2-3 GB of storage.