In his profile on Twitter, Elon Musk, criticized and highlighted the risks regarding the privacy of the smart camera that can recognize faces and photograph users by itself, Google Clips.
Musk has become an activist against the misuse of Artificial Intelligence, but this time he decided to point out the problems of Google's new product. Elon Musk in his Saturday post commented "this doesn't even look innocent", responding to a report by The Verge regarding Google Clips.
This doesn't even *seem* innocent
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) 7 de outubro de 2017As such, the camera has become a hot topic because of the uncertainties raised by privacy advocates about its autonomous capabilities and abilities with facial recognition.
Google's new camera uses AI to automatically take photos of your life pic.twitter.com/ihkRZz16sL
— The Verge (@verge) October 7, 2017According to a Google spokesperson, "All the machine learning happens inside the camera and Clips doesn't connect to the internet to transfer content. And just like any other camera, nothing leaves the camera until you decide to save and to share".
The company had previously explained what strategy it would use to solve the privacy challenge, noting that, like any other camera, the user needs to save and share the images so that they are released. The camera has an indicator light that remains on and records the photographs automatically, now, the camera needs to be activated by the user to start capturing the images.
