ChatGPT facial recognition potential makes OpenAI nervous

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered large language model, can analyze images including recognizing and describing people’s faces. But OpenAI, the company behind the chatbot, says that it is not ready to roll out facial recognition or analysis features for public use as it may invite legal issues in jurisdictions that require consent for using biometric data.

The image analysis feature is part of the advanced version of the software called GPT-4 which was announced back in March. The company’s AI policy researcher Sandhini Agarwal told the New York Times that the…