AI Is Scarily Good at Guessing the Location of Random Photos

Anecdotal testing of the PIGEON AI model shows it can often geolocate personal photos with notable accuracy (e.g., within 35 miles in Yellowstone and within a few city blocks in San Francisco) while also making significant errors (e.g., confusing Wyoming with Colorado and Idaho’s Snake River Canyon with New Zealand’s Kawarau Gorge). The piece underscores that such capabilities are likely to improve and raises concerns about privacy risks beyond traditional EXIF-based geolocation.