IBM recently sparked significant discussion by releasing thousands of photos sourced from Flickr to train its artificial intelligence systems. These images were gathered under the guidelines of the Creative Commons license, allowing for free use—a legality that IBM adhered to correctly. The rights of photographers have been a focal point in this discussion, as Flickr CEO Don MacAskill addressed the situation through tweets, underscoring the intention behind Creative Commons licenses. The license aims to empower photographers worldwide, enabling artists and scientists to innovate using these freely licensed works. However, many individuals who uploaded these photos likely did not anticipate their contribution to AI training projects. For instance, Greg Peverill-Conti, an executive at PR firm SharpOrange, voiced concerns about the ethical implications of such use. He expressed unease over IBM's ability to utilize these photos without prior notification to the individuals captured in them. The dataset, known as 'Diversity in Faces', includes over a million images annotated with gender, age, and geometric measurements, and is intended for use by academic researchers. Yet, some photographers, like Peverill-Conti—whose own photos number 700 within the data