A Developer Accidentally Found #CSAM in #AI Data. #Google #Banned Him For It

Google suspended a mobile app developer’s accts after he uploaded AI #training data to his #GoogleDrive. Unbeknownst to him, the widely used dataset, which is cited in a number of academic papers & distributed via an #academic file sharing site, contained child #sexualAbuse material. The developer reported the dataset to a child safety org, which eventually resulted in the dataset’s removal

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A Developer Accidentally Found CSAM in AI Data. Google Banned Him For It

Mark Russo reported the dataset to all the right organizations, but still couldn't get into his accounts for months.

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