Riya Eases Pain of Pile of Pix
It's every photographer's nightmare: a folder filled with hundreds of unlabeled images. A would-be Flickr killer aims to cut through the clutter by automatically identifying faces in pictures.The field of online photo-sharing sites is becoming pretty crowded, but a new service hopes to distinguish itself by automating the tedious job of tagging pictures by using artificial intelligence and face-recognition technology. Riya has developed software that can automatically recognize who is in a picture and tag it with their names. Currently in alpha testing, the software has proven sensitive enough to tell the difference between twins and recognize members of the same family. It can even read street signs for clues about a picture's location.
Interesting, if they make a Mac client, I'll pay attention. I have gigs of poorly labeled photos.
Tags: Photos, /Technology
