I’ve always been pretty careful about what I put on the internet, especially photos, and definitely pictures of my kids. I’ve made a point to keep where I live and hang out under wraps to protect my privacy. If I were famous (or had anything serious to hide) I’d be seriously worried about how good models are getting these days.
Watching OpenAI’s new o3 model guess where a photo was taken is one of those moments where decades of science fiction suddenly come to life. (…)
It’s also deeply dystopian. Technology can identify locations from photographs now. It’s vitally important that people understand how easy this is—if you have any reason at all to be concerned about your safety, you need to know that any photo you share—even a photo as bland as my example above—could be used to identify your location.
As is frequently the case with modern AI, the fact that this technology is openly available to almost anyone has negative and positive implications. As with image generation, it’s important that people can see what this stuff can do first hand. Seeing this in action is a visceral lesson in what’s now possible.
Source: simonwillison.net