Facebook reviews puritanical AI after Picasso publicity falls foul of nude ban
Facebook has launched a review of its nudity policy after its automated AI censors sparked consternation for the ban on a Canadian museum advert reproducing surrealist artwork from Pablo Picasso.
Facebook reviews puritanical AI after Picasso publicity falls foul of nude ban
The abstract work depicting the human body has sparked an equally surreal debate within Facebook over where to draw the line between what is acceptable and what is not.
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was initially judged to have overstepped that mark by advertising a summer exhibit of the Spanish painters work by reproducing the figurative work, including a pair of misshapen breasts.
Employed as a promotional press image for the show the museum made wider headlines after being forced to contact Facebook directly in order to have the posts authorized despite having run the same images in print and on television.
In a statement Facebook responded: “We want to make sure that museums and other institutions are able to share some of their most iconic paintings and are currently reviewing our approach to nudity in paintings in ads on Facebook.”
Under its current rules Facebook does not generally permit advertisers to use nudity in paintings for their ads although individuals may do so freely.
Fox News infamously blurred nipples on its television coverage of Picasso's The Women of Algiers (Version O), when reporting on its $179m sale.
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