Facebook will do whatever it takes to encourage you to share more content. Even, it turns out, using artificial intelligence to salvage photographs marred by an accidental blink.
In a research paper published this week, a pair of Facebook engineers describe a new method that uses machine learning to retouch closed eyes in photos. The method is just at the research stage at this point, but while there’s no guarantee Facebook will ever introduce such a feature into its website or apps, that does seem a strong possibility. As the researchers note, there are already plenty of photo ret ouching tools that can remove red eye or smooth out blemishes, so why not one that solves the problem of accidental blinks?
The system works by using a...
