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Facebook improves AI photo descriptions for the visually impaired – Yahoo News Australia
Facebook has detailed how its AI describes photos for the visually impaired, including new tech that offers detailed labels.

Facebook has long been using AI to describe photos for the visually impaired, but its stepping up its efforts in 2021. The social media giant has detailed a new version of automatic alternative text (AAT) that promises much more information.
Instead of relying on heavily supervised AI learning, Facebook is now using weak supervision based on billions of Instagram photos and hashtags. The method lets Facebook expand beyond just 100 concept descriptions to include over 1,200, such as different kinds…
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