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Topics: Technology, Weird, Artificial Intelligence
Callum Jones
Topics: Technology, Weird, Artificial Intelligence
There are a lot of terrifying websites out there, but this one might just be the most chilling of the lot.
The internet has been around for over four decades, and in that time it's stored an awful lot of information.
There are of course some websites more useful than others on the web, and some sites you just want to stay well clear of.
The rise of AI technology has advanced things even further, with one particular site being dubbed the 'most disturbing website on the internet'.
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Many social media users were left a bit worried after realizing there is a site that can find every singe image of yourself.
We're not talking about baby pictures stored in your mom's cupboard here, but instead any photo posted online of yourself over the years.
It's all thanks to a website called PimEyes, though I'm not sure many will be thankful after seeing what it has in store.
The site sees you provide a photo of yourself, where it will then search the rest of the internet and use AI to find any other snaps of you.
In theory, it can find any pictures of yourself that have been posted to social media sites.
The basic service on offer from PimEyes is free, and you simply need to upload a snap of yourself and then search.
Within a minute or two you'll be faced with pictures of yourself from anywhere they're currently sitting on the internet, even the embarrassing ones your mom posted to Facebook from that family holiday in 2007.
However, it's not always 100 percent perfect so you might find the odd 'likeness' thrown in for good measure.
If you choose to take your image quest one step further you could pay for the upgraded search which can do a much more in-depth search and also provide links to every single place the pictures appeared.
This could provide useful for those hoping to have pictures of them removed from the web.
One person said the website was 'disturbing but also extremely valuable' and praised it for 'finding who has used my face without my consent' so they could order websites to take down the pictures.
Yet another branded it as 'a stalker's dream'.
A third then described how she uploaded a recent picture of herself and PimEyes recognized a picture of her on the internet of when she was 10 years old.
Whether you find it creepy or interesting, there's no doubt the site provides an option for those to have unwanted snaps removed from the public domain.