'People use AI to avoid paying for school photos, but they don't realise the consequences'
A professional photographer is warning parents about the risks of using AI tools to remove watermarks from school photos to avoid payment. Experts caution that uploading children's images to AI platforms can lead to privacy issues and unauthorized data usage by third-party companies.
Why it matters
This highlights the intersection of digital theft, parental privacy concerns, and the unintended consequences of using AI tools on personal data.
Image source, Ian Gilbert Image caption, Photographer Ian Gilbert says he's heard parents boasting about how they use AI to take the watermark off to avoid paying for school photos
A photographer is warning parents who use artificial intelligence to take the watermark off school pictures about the dangers of how companies can use images of their children.
Ian Gilbert, founder of Emotion Picture Photography, said he had heard parents boasting at the school gates about how they use the tool to avoid paying for photos.
"The scary thing is when you submit a picture to AI by default it is allowed to do whatever it wants and I don't think a lot of parents realise that," he said.
An AI safety expert said he understood why people did it, and that it may seem harmless, but uploading any identifiable information, including photographs, was "not worth the risk".
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