How Apple can detect objects in your photos without creeping your dataiOS 10 will identify faces, objects, landscapes, and other elements in your photos without forcing you to share your data.
As part of the live Talk Show at WWDC 2016, Apple senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, and senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, provided more details on how deep learning and artificial intelligence is being used in iOS 10 to surface search results without requiring you to share your data with Apple.
How will Apple index my existing photos?
When you first download iOS 10, if you have existing photos in your library, your iPhone or iPad will begin to process them in the background at night when you're plugged in. That way you won't see any performance degradation or excessive power drain during the day when you're trying to use your iPhone or iPad.
Once complete, all your old photos will be indexed for the new, better search.
What about on macOS?
Same thing. iOS typically gets released a few weeks before mac...
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How Apple can detect objects in your photos without creeping your data
