r/gunpolitics • u/Moot72 • Dec 03 '24

Samsung filtering gun searches?

I've got a Galaxy phone, and the photo gallery let's you search your images via a text prompt. Except guns. I've got several pictures of my guns on my phone, and the only prompt it will accept is toy gun....wtf?

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u/MrAnachronist Dec 03 '24

I had that issue when I installed the AI assistant on Google photos.

Uninstalled immediately.

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u/AnomalousUnReality Dec 03 '24

I've not had issues on either Google photos or Galaxy gallery.

Edit: for reference, on the S24 ultra, with ai features enabled.

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u/MrAnachronist Dec 04 '24

Google rolled out an update that added Gemini to Google photos, and it wouldn’t show me any pictures of guns after I installed it.

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u/AnomalousUnReality Dec 04 '24

Mine seems like it's working good. I have been subscribed to Gemini a while now.

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u/Steamships Dec 04 '24

Would you like to enable our new AI s–

No.

u/Brufar_308 Dec 03 '24

Could this be a ‘safe search’ setting ?

How to turn SafeSearch off on Samsung

you can disable this by heading into the Google app > Tap the icon with your initial in the top right > Settings > Hide explicit results > Toggle this off.

Just a thought..

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u/kurzweilfreak Dec 04 '24

Cuz you know, pictures are soooo dangerous. Who the fuck keeps coming up with these dumbass definitions of “safe”?

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u/StraightedgexLiberal Dec 04 '24 edited Dec 04 '24

Who the fuck keeps coming up with these dumbass definitions of “safe”?

Private companies in free market capitalism and I am pretty sure Android/Samsung/Google ain't the government where they have to be neutral to words. Just like YouTube can refuse to auto fill and populate certain words in their search that are related to gun content. Gotta love the open free market and marketplace of ideas.

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u/Obviouslynameless Dec 04 '24

Just like nudity, guns can be triggering (see what I did there) to some people. So, they try to make "safe" search skip those images. Not, saying it's right. Just why they try to justify it.

u/dayankuo234 Dec 03 '24

mine works fine. both samsung gallery and google photos pulls up my gun range pics and guns set on the bedside.

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u/Moot72 Dec 03 '24

What phone do you have? I have an S22 Ultra on ATT.

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u/dayankuo234 Dec 03 '24

S24 ultra on Verizon.

u/scubalizard Dec 03 '24

S23 ultra using AI with google photos; i was able to image search my gun and it even came up with the correct make and model

u/Guarder22 Dec 03 '24

"Guns" works fine on an S20 5G with Verizon.

u/Sir_Uncle_Bill Dec 04 '24

The search engines are doing that. Theyve admitted to it for years now too.

u/drwuzer Dec 04 '24

Mine works fine. S24U.