# \#ai **URL:** https://forum.inaturalist.org/tag/ai/148.md [Latest](https://forum.inaturalist.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.inaturalist.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.inaturalist.org/tags.md) --- ## [AI mines comments in eBird, iNaturalist for ecological info](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-mines-comments-in-ebird-inaturalist-for-ecological-info/86898)
**Author:** [@surrey-bc\_biodiversity](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/surrey-bc_biodiversity)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2026, 5:25am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-mines-comments-in-ebird-inaturalist-for-ecological-info/86898 "2026-10-24T05:25:48Z")
Article from the Wildlife Society discussing research on the positive use of chatbots to “successfully extract useful data on interactions between birds, or between butterflies and plants” from iNat and eBird. " In a st… --- ## [Pet peeve: Google Lens is not "magic"](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/pet-peeve-google-lens-is-not-magic/85295)
**Author:** [@AdamWargon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/AdamWargon)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/pet-peeve-google-lens-is-not-magic/85295 "2026-09-21T12:04:52Z")
Just venting a minor frustration. For ID requests on various social media platforms, I frequently see people commenting that, “Google Lens says it’s this”. I want to say, “Do you realize that Google Lens is just scraping… --- ## [Would you give up your photo editing ability?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/would-you-give-up-your-photo-editing-ability/84779)
**Author:** [@alfamax](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/alfamax)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/would-you-give-up-your-photo-editing-ability/84779 "2026-09-09T18:29:27Z")
The recent discussion about AI-generated and AI-enhanced wildlife photographs has got me thinking about where photography and this platform might be heading. A recent article warned that generative AI poses a threat to … --- ## [Use of AI to edit observation images](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/use-of-ai-to-edit-observation-images/84700)
**Author:** [@florajenensis](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/florajenensis)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 6:51am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/use-of-ai-to-edit-observation-images/84700 "2026-08-31T06:51:12Z")
Outside of iNaturalist, I regularly use AI image editors such as Gemini to clean up microscopic pictures from debris and sometimes improve focus/lighting. Just a year ago, the quality of such edits was not acceptable at … --- ## [Gratitude for the set-up here (humans vs bots)](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/gratitude-for-the-set-up-here-humans-vs-bots/80885)
**Author:** [@AdamWargon](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/AdamWargon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/gratitude-for-the-set-up-here-humans-vs-bots/80885 "2026-06-30T06:29:38Z")
I’ve been engaging more on Reddit, and I noticed something: on some subreddits, a vast number of new threads are started by bots. On Facebook and Instagram, especially on posts by local politicians, many of the comments … --- ## [Stance on AI assistants to write responses to identifications?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/stance-on-ai-assistants-to-write-responses-to-identifications/77041)
**Author:** [@jbbohan](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jbbohan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/stance-on-ai-assistants-to-write-responses-to-identifications/77041 "2026-05-06T09:42:05Z")
I am starting to find the following exchanges on Inat: Uploader very excited with a unique observation. Identifier corrects the ID, taking the time to explain. Uploader mentions (or hides) the use of an AI assistant, a… --- ## [People Using (non-iNat) AI Identification on Observations](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/people-using-non-inat-ai-identification-on-observations/77355)
**Author:** [@elainexe](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/elainexe)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/people-using-non-inat-ai-identification-on-observations/77355 "2026-04-05T19:11:47Z")
There was a recent incident on one of my observations. I don’t want to call out a specific person but I’d like to recount it: I got a long comment from someone on one of my observations about how they thought it was one… --- ## [AI Poisoning on iNat photos - discussion of effects on inbuilt computer vision and implications on reaserch](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-poisoning-on-inat-photos-discussion-of-effects-on-inbuilt-computer-vision-and-implications-on-reaserch/74436)
**Author:** [@gustaf1](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/gustaf1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2026, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-poisoning-on-inat-photos-discussion-of-effects-on-inbuilt-computer-vision-and-implications-on-reaserch/74436 "2026-01-09T08:33:23Z")
Hello, I have recently been seeing more use of so called AI poisoning in artist circles. Many of us especially those that try to take nice pictures probably don’t want our photos being scraped by AI companies to use in … --- ## [What would make AI on iNaturalist tolerable to you?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-would-make-ai-on-inaturalist-tolerable-to-you/66987)
**Author:** [@nathantaylor](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nathantaylor)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-would-make-ai-on-inaturalist-tolerable-to-you/66987 "2025-10-31T14:43:45Z")
PLEASE READ COMPLETELY BEFORE POSTING If your answer to the question posed here is “nothing”, I’ll redirect you here (though feel free to list ideas): https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/what-is-this-inaturalist-and-generat… --- ## [AI Generated or Enhanced Images as "observations"](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-generated-or-enhanced-images-as-observations/68033)
**Author:** [@fincadinamica](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/fincadinamica)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-generated-or-enhanced-images-as-observations/68033 "2025-10-13T18:24:18Z")
I have recently come across a user (I am sure there are many) that is uploading images that are AI generated or at least heavily enhanced. I realize this is probably nothing new, but I feel that if this behavior is allow… --- ## [Post criticizing iNat-Google deal mysteriously taken down](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/post-criticizing-inat-google-deal-mysteriously-taken-down/68494)
**Author:** [@spookyaranhas](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/spookyaranhas)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/post-criticizing-inat-google-deal-mysteriously-taken-down/68494 "2025-08-14T01:24:45Z")
iNaturalist Partnering with google GenAI is selling out to big tech so that they can greenwash their product This post by @MeltedMottle criticizing the whole Google/GenAI thing was flagged by the Discourse AI and taken … --- ## [AI generated image passed the Computer Vision test](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-generated-image-passed-the-computer-vision-test/67584)
**Author:** [@tompoleski](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tompoleski)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2025, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-generated-image-passed-the-computer-vision-test/67584 "2025-07-30T06:09:53Z")
I was worried about a proliferation of AI-generated images being upload to iNat and passing as research-grade. I ran a little experiment to test this with ChatGPT. Here is the prompt I used: I am an iNaturalist develope… --- ## [Inat CV behaving unusual in identify mode? Bug?](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-cv-behaving-unusual-in-identify-mode-bug/57812)
**Author:** [@dgwdoesthings](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dgwdoesthings)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-cv-behaving-unusual-in-identify-mode-bug/57812 "2024-11-01T03:38:05Z")
This might be a bug report. Over the last two days I have had the cv suggestions in identify mode give incredibly innacurate suggestions on observations and species that would usually not be any trouble for it. I ident… --- ## [Technical Question on Data-Argumentation, Datapreprocessing](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/technical-question-on-data-argumentation-datapreprocessing/54981)
**Author:** [@papagolf\_forum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/papagolf_forum)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/technical-question-on-data-argumentation-datapreprocessing/54981 "2024-09-02T21:15:35Z")
First, this is technical about the image processing in the pipeline for the AI model. In an image recognition project I was working on we could improve the accuracy of the model by filling up the image to a square with … --- ## [List of "Similar species" could include mismatches between AI-generated IDs and human-made IDs](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-of-similar-species-could-include-mismatches-between-ai-generated-ids-and-human-made-ids/53133)
**Author:** [@mferreira](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mferreira)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/list-of-similar-species-could-include-mismatches-between-ai-generated-ids-and-human-made-ids/53133 "2024-07-12T09:51:19Z")
Platform(s), such as mobile, website, API, other: Website URLs (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: https://www.biodiversity4all.org/taxa/1158203-Ulex-jussiaei https://www.biodiversity4all.org/observations/… --- ## [Suggested IDs could include similar species not yet recognized by the algorithm](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suggested-ids-could-include-similar-species-not-yet-recognized-by-the-algorithm/53274)
**Author:** [@mferreira](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/mferreira)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/suggested-ids-could-include-similar-species-not-yet-recognized-by-the-algorithm/53274 "2024-07-12T09:44:36Z")
Platform(s), such as mobile, website, API, other: All platforms, particularly the mobile app. URLs (aka web addresses) of any pages, if relevant: https://www.biodiversity4all.org/observations/227273096 Description of… --- ## [AI-based Identification of Location from Photos](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-based-identification-of-location-from-photos/47613)
**Author:** [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/ai-based-identification-of-location-from-photos/47613 "2024-05-02T14:08:51Z")
It looks like the day is rapidly approaching when AI models may be able to determine location somewhat accurately from photos, see this story: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/19/1219984002/artificial-intelligence-can-find-y…