Microsoft’s OneDrive Begins Testing Face-Recognizing AI for Photos (for Some Preview Users)

I uploaded a photo on my phone to Microsoft’s “OneDrive” file-hosting app — and there was a surprise waiting under Privacy and Permissions. “OneDrive uses AI to recognize faces in your photos…”

And…

“You can only turn off this setting 3 times a year.”

If I moved the slidebar for that setting to the left (for “No”), it moved back to the right, and said “Something went wrong while updating this setting.” (Apparently it’s not one of those three times of the year.)

The…