ChatGPT's New Image-Reasoning Models Raise Privacy Concerns

OpenAI's latest AI models, o3 and o4-mini, can accurately pinpoint the location of photos based on visual clues, even identifying specific restaurants and bars. This capability, showcased on social media, has sparked concerns about privacy risks, as malicious actors could potentially use it for doxxing. Tests reveal that even older models like GPT-4o exhibit similar location-guessing abilities, although o3 sometimes surpasses it. While not flawless, with instances of incorrect guesses and system failures, o3's performance highlights the emerging risks of powerful AI reasoning models. OpenAI hasn't yet addressed these concerns in their safety report.