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by rchaud 753 days ago
Why would MS bother to check something that's been created and stored locally?

Are they also uploading the files into the cloud to feed their AI/ML datasets?

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If you use it to make CSAM locally, they would get hammered for allowing it to have happened
I can't wait for my Word documents to be uploaded to Microsoft to ensure I am not writing anything that is deemed to violate their content policy.
Photoshop isn't getting hammered even though it's been used for such things (CSAM, revenge porn, etc) for decades
Adobe Photoshop already checks for currency/money. And their AI extensions certainly check for “inappropriate” material. And there is a disclaimer on their cloud storage service that it can be searched.
Photoshop isn't created by Microsoft which has a completely different corporate ethos than Adobe. Whataboutism doesn't really work regardless of how it is attempted.
lol, nice deflection. MS Paint then. I can guarantee you it has happened.

Also what does "corporate ethos" have to do with "getting hammered"?

The multitudes of pearl clutching types that use Windows vastly outnumbers the number that use Photoshop. If some body goes online and says that Microsoft is allowing Windows to make kiddie porn, the backlash would be for greater than if some company famous for making software used by artists. To even think it would be different is just not being honest with how the world works
How would that even be known? Do Paint-exported JPEGs have a Microsoft watermark?
All it would take is a tweet that says someone used MS Paint to do something that the MS AI system allowed them to create, and the internet would go into fits.
MS stock wouldn’t crumble that day, PR dept would solve it in hours. The only reason they do that is “telemetry”.
Oh please. SD 1.5 has enough CSAM in it that I’m surprised that stability AI hasn’t been raided:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/20/24009418/generative-ai-i...