Facebook is now using AI to automatically describe photos to blind people

Facebook is using artificial intelligence (AI) tech to describe photos to blind people. In a move to improve accessibility to site, the social network announced Monday that it is using AI to automatically detect what is shown in photos that users upload -- and will then narrate them to people who are visually impaired. In one example Facebook gives, someone uploads a photo of a couple smiling while wearing sunglasses by the coast. "Image may contain: two people, smiling, sunglasses, outdoor, water," the AI says. Previously, blind users would only be told that someone has uploaded a photo -- so if the user didn't manually add a description, they would have no idea what's in it.